Is there any reason a top all A student needs to stay to graduate from a particular high

[stopschoolpaddling]

school to take advantage of certain helpful grants and scholarships?

The principal has told the students that it makes a difference whether or not they graduate

from a school that they have attended for over two years.

So if a student in 11th grade moved now his college future could be in jeopardy

because financially he may not receive the same funding for his college.


Anybody know if this argument holds any weight?

[msongs]

1. moved to a new high school? depends on what new HS offers. some aid is school specific nt

[Sonoman]

2. I heard something about this on NPR.

They were saying that there are so many factors and matrices used by admitting boards that few really stand alone.

But they did bring up something on this subject, much along the lines of your OP. Keep in mind, there are a gazillion mitigating factors. It was a really interesting program for me, considering the fact that I cannot recall ever setting foot on a University campus.

Sonoman

[txlibdem]

5. "many factors and matrices used by admitting boards that few really stand alone." - chaos!

I know what you mean. The selection process is so non-standardized it's pure chaos. Sometimes you don't know what to advise teens to do in order to have the best chance of scholarships or even admission to their schools of choice.

PS, University should be a right of all American citizens, we are shooting ourselves in the foot as a nation by not providing free education to all students with the ability to become our brightest scientists --far too many quit due to finances. We are already paying the price of our own stupidity and short-sightedness in lost revenues from advances in technology and other areas.

[pnwmom]

3. The only situation I can imagine is that if a student changed

his or her state of residency -- which would obviously affect his status as a state resident, which could affect some awards.

I've known a number of students who only attended senior year in the school they graduated from -- and they all went on to good colleges.

The simplest thing to do would be to ask whatever colleges the student is thinking of applying to.

[JDPriestly]

4. I know someone who was admitted to university with a full scholarship

and finished the first year of university and the last year of high school simultaneously.

Depends on the university. At least one university had a program that admitted outstanding students at the end of their junior year.

There is a risk: a student may be too immature to handle the away-from-home-on-my-own life.

Parents need to think carefully before allowing a child to go that route.

Some schools allow high school students to take single university courses without actually enrolling full time at the university. I know someone who took university math courses while still in high school but graduated with her class at the usual time. That was really a good way to handle a student who is not challenged with the high school courses.