Going to College as a Sophomore

rh,
I do beleive that a person who has the desire can achieve anything.

I think what you have to do is to begin contacting coaches at schools where you wish to attend for engineering, that should be your first priority.

Then of course, you have to make the team.

You seem to have a plan, that is good, but not sure if your plan will work with many college coaches.

Best of luck!

I agree with TPM that if you have the drive, anything can be accomplished. At the same time, I would like to share a little or my experience. I did the same thing that you are talking about. When I graduated HS I had my 1st year of college courses done. The only problem is that they were mainly general ed classes, which forced me to have to take classes like Physics, Anatomy and Organic Chemistry in the same semester.

If you decide to give it a go, have as clear of a plan as possible.

If you start college with a year of credit you'll still have all of your eligibility and should be able to play ball while attending grad school if you can juggle the practice and the academics.

TRhit would probably be a good source to ask about the eligibility as I'm not certain as to what the rules are these days.

rh,

I hope you're looking at early classes as an academic advantage and not a baseball advantage. You seem like a real smart kid and if you sat down and looked inside the box you would realize very quickly how demanding that program is and regardless of how many early classes you take your work load will not be reduced for as long as it takes to get done. Don't cheat on your academics in order to satisfy your baseball needs. If your as smart as I think, you will find a way to get that balance, and if you can't you will make the right decision as far as where your priorities lie. Being proactive is great and I like your idea only if you give that idea the ability to evolve and "form fit" to your future.

This is a baseball site, but, I feel that most HSBBW members will agree that you go to college for an education and then to play baseball. There is a line of "reality demarkation" where a very small percentage of players have the opportunity to move on to professional baseball. Right now I hope that's your dream, but somewhere in the back of your brain I would like to see you staple a note that says "I have a great chance to be the best Civil Engineer in the world".

I started college as a soph also, thanks to CLEP. I took 1 less class each semester which really did provide a break and finished in 4 years as expected.

That is a route you could consider instead of finishing in 3 and being in grad school for year 4.

Thanks for all the comments.

I came to the realization when I was 13 that the chances of me playing professional baseball were not nearly as good as me becoming an average everyday working person. I'm fine with that but will keep the dream alive until the end.

I have setup a meeting with my high school counselor about my plan and other possibilities. So I will post what she says after I see her.

The advice I gave my son was to not be in such a hurry. Enjoy the experience there is all the time in the world to go out and get a job and it comes all too soon.
Took an extra year in HS to play basketball and I just think it is important to enjoy what you are doing because once it is gone its gone.
Just seems that evryone is in a hurry to get some where.
i like the idea of reduced load over 4 years. At 13 you were a little young to make a life decision and I don't care how academic you are. When i was in college some of the smart ones who rushed into things dropped out.