High school drop out? http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/ I'm the same way as you. My IQ (tested at a Uni) is 132 and I dropped out of school at 16 and got my GED at 18. I hated hated HATED high school. Not only was it hell, but the curriculum was so boring and mechanical and except for in math, I could almost out-teach the teacher at ever turn that I couldn't stand another minute of it. Maybe it's because I'm lazy, maybe it's because I'd rather like a challenge every once in a while, either way, I say go for it. Besides, just think of all those credits you have to make up http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-302151 2009-07-26 13:00:05 I can understand - it can be hard when you are a couple years older than your class in high school. So you may want to consider GED. Your call - what's important is that you are not dumping on yourself & want to carry on with your ed. Good on you - especially despite this set back. I bombed in high school too. But deans list under grad & grad school. Not everyone follows the same path. http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-297012 2009-06-26 09:07:33 no i dont think u should. even if you are above average, stay in. Im sorry but, good colleges are not going to accept high school dropouts. http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-283757 2009-03-09 08:31:03 my bf dropped out and he's never gotten around to getting his GED. it haunts him all the time that my education is so much higher than his http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-279524 2009-01-17 17:28:31 To whoever asked "why didn't they hold you back'" Umm... Its high school. They don't hold you back. If you fail, its your fault. It will probably cost a lot to make up all those credits. http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-274826 2008-11-26 16:34:00 Dropping out of highschool, just ruins your life, end of story.. http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-274637 2008-11-24 23:06:40 no ged means you were too lazy, cracked out of it, or pregnant to finish high school. They say its the same... but colleges and jobs look at them as a sign of laziness, and the inability to complete a job. For some people that's all they can do, but unless you are borderline retarted you should get a diploma. Just do it, do all your work, go to all your classes, show your teachers that you want to learn, and are working fairly hard, and they will pass you. extra credit helped me graduate big time! http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-171410 2007-09-28 13:39:58 @ slackjawedyokel My district doesn't hold students back until senior year, and like I said I was having problems at home and I was barely at school once a week. http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-148841 2007-08-16 23:31:26 how will you be a junior if you have failed 2 years in a row' How the hell did you even fail 2 years in a row' http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-148584 2007-08-16 17:19:48 Above normal intelligence' What the hell are you doing on IIN' http://isitnormal.com/story/high-school-drop-out-14736/#comment-148558 2007-08-16 16:10:27