I finished high school (with a community college class in my senior year) shortly before my sixteenth birthday and went to a local college on a full scholarship. I spent five years in college (I hated school, but loved jstor), I graduated and got my dream job in 2009.
The path to doing it is different for everyone, and local factors (school system) will be critical.
Professionally, I recently had the pleasure of being assigned to a team with two others who had also started college at sixteen. It was fun, and it felt nice to work with two other members of this weird club. We compared notes and concluded that our experiences were a bit odd, though overall good, and that we are happy with where we ended up
The ‘but what about social stuff’ concern is overblown, every teenager has to figure a lot out, and I don’t think there was a world where I wasn’t awkward, grade skipping or not.
A few years ago I saw that the longitudinal studies on grade skippers are out, kids who can skip generally reach ‘average success in their chosen field’ kids who could have, but do not, have a lower chance of finishing high school at all, and usually have worse outcomes on all measures, including social. This matches my own story, and my experience with others.
I finished high school (with a community college class in my senior year) shortly before my sixteenth birthday and went to a local college on a full scholarship. I spent five years in college (I hated school, but loved jstor), I graduated and got my dream job in 2009.
The path to doing it is different for everyone, and local factors (school system) will be critical.
Professionally, I recently had the pleasure of being assigned to a team with two others who had also started college at sixteen. It was fun, and it felt nice to work with two other members of this weird club. We compared notes and concluded that our experiences were a bit odd, though overall good, and that we are happy with where we ended up
The ‘but what about social stuff’ concern is overblown, every teenager has to figure a lot out, and I don’t think there was a world where I wasn’t awkward, grade skipping or not.
A few years ago I saw that the longitudinal studies on grade skippers are out, kids who can skip generally reach ‘average success in their chosen field’ kids who could have, but do not, have a lower chance of finishing high school at all, and usually have worse outcomes on all measures, including social. This matches my own story, and my experience with others.
If you can skip ahead, you should.