I dropped out of high school, at 16, got my GED within three months and started college the same year. (would have been my senior year of high school) To drop out of high school, in my state, you have to have a full time job. So, I had to work 40 hours a week, and was going to school full time. I’d go to work at 5am, leave work to go to school, then go back to work. It was very, very difficult. But, I did do well with that for a while. For my own personal reasons, I screwed up, but if your brother has his head on straight, and your family keeps encouraging him…I’m sure he could do it. I do wish I had never dropped out of high school, it made things much harder for me. No one cares, as you get older, if you have your GED or high school diploma though. To enter community college, you don’t need to take your SATs, you take the entrance exams, and they place you. You can then transfer to a University, without SATs. It’s a huge decision, and not one he should make spur of the moment. He has to know it will be hard, but he’ll have to keep working if he wants to get anywhere in life.