[Farm93]

In years past I am pretty sure they did).  Graduating a full semester early from high school would seem like the harder part.

My school had trimesters, they worked like Stanford quarters.  A student needed 12 trimesters of English, 11 of Social Studies, but 10 or less of everything else.  So, in theory, all one needed to do at my school was double up on English classes as a junior, and take one simple elective of Social studies along the way.  It was not that tough, but most high achievers in my school saw no real value in pressing to graduate early since the most selective universities wanted students to start in August/September.

Sadly, I can imagine some families might be inclined to have their kids start college ASAP, and eliminating the senioritis period would be one of many ways to get a little jump on the process.

The benefits of an early start to a football player seems obvious, and I can even imagine that some schools would offer the option to all students just to be able to get their football players in for spring sessions.

[Farm93]

In years past I am pretty sure they did).  Graduating a full semester early from high school would seem like the harder part.

My school had trimesters, they worked like Stanford quarters.  A student needed 12 trimesters of English, 11 of Social Studies, but 10 or less of everything else.  So, in theory, all one needed to do at my school was double up on English classes as a junior, and take one simple elective of Social studies along the way.  It was not that tough, but most high achievers in my school saw no real value in pressing to graduate early since the most selective universities wanted students to start in August/September.

Sadly, I can imagine some families might be inclined to have their kids start college ASAP, and eliminating the senioritis period would be one of many ways to get a little jump on the process.

The benefits of an early start to a football player seems obvious, and I can even imagine that some schools would offer the option to all students just to be able to get their football players in for spring sessions.