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I am one of these non-diplomaed college and law school grads.

I went to a very small private high school. I never could on track there. Every grade was a C or worse. At age 15, I took the SATs. My score was close to 1500. At this point, I dropped out of HS, passed the GED. I took a couple of classes at a local community college and got As.

I enrolled at Tulane when my high school classmates were in their senior year. Best thing that ever happened to me.

This is is really no big deal. High school is a complete waste of time.

I should also mention that my parents were completely non-supportive of my decisions. It was until I graduated law school, that my Dad said he was proud of me.

Many home-schoolers are following a similar path -- having their children take one or two courses a semester at community college during their "high school" years. This is especially helpful for science lab courses that can be more challenging to carry out at home. By the time they are "ready for college" (by traditional definitions) they already have a number of courses completed. The educational establishment in NY didn't like this and took steps to prevent students from registering (apparently due to the fact that it made the government system look bad in comparison, as opposed to any perceived problems with the students, who tend to be advanced in terms of reading and independent learning skills). However, that seems to have been resolved.