>> Can't you just switch out your senior year of high school for a year of college? Stay in college an extra year. If you were to do that, what would you be mis

>> Can't you just switch out your senior year of high school for a year of college? Stay in college an extra year. If you were to do that, what would you be missing? Literally, you would be missing your senior year of high school. You'll never be a senior in high school ever again. The overwhelming majority of college students will tell you that college life is 100x better than hs life. It likely is. Mainly because there is no parental-supervision. Dorm life is potentially a meat-market leading to drunken "fun". Regardless of what you consider fun, College is probably "socially" better than hs because of the increased diversity, freedom, and sheer population density. So no, in those aspects you would not be missing out on anything. My advice stems from the fact that you will only ever be a senior in high school once. Some here feel I am encouraging you to take the "standardized" path, which is highly ironic because I'm the only one from my peer group to have never taken the standard path. Never went to college, never had a full time job, paid my own way for most everything (not to imply I don't have very loving parents) and i am obsessed with building my own startup (single founder) having only learned programming seriously since last October. There are costs and benefits to everything. So to answer your question, no socially you will not be missing out on anything terribly crucial. And college life is arguably 100x better than hs life, just remember that it is not really apples to apples. When I was your age I would have chosen to skip senior year. But as I sit here now, my advice is to stay. You must have a set of friends whom you wouldn't mind screwing around with for one more year? I agree we are all different. If you feel you are obsessively focused and driven, then you SHOULD skip because to do anything else would go against your self: not good. When all is said and done you have to BELIEVE in the choice you make. I chose not to go to college because at the time, I did not believe in it. If I forced myself to go, I honestly do not believe it would have yielded anything significant. Not because college is bad, but because I did not believe in it at that time. So if you believe that college will benefit you so much more, it probably will! Just remember you do not have the luxury of going backwards. Let us know what you decide! edit: read potatolicious sibling post. A great point!!