>>11822535in my state an Associates can be used as a high school degree.
I went to CC while in HS to accumulate credits while also using them as HS credits.
instead of getting an AA I just got a ton of credits that I'll transfer. I chose that because the CC has an agreement with the state school to transfer the credits.
I didn't actually apply for any other college than the state school for this exact reason.
so I did graduate HS
but I knew someone else that chose to do a special program and got his AA in a year or it was some special degree. then he went to like a programming "school" to learn to program.
so he was just done with HS and had no obligations.
you should really look into this stuff.