<p>Assuming that your D is socially mature: I personally know “early admission” students at Stanford and Swarthmore. Another friend was admitted as a junior to Chicago, JHU, and Rice, although he turned all of them down to reapply this year. I’ve heard of someone going to Duke, and Reed is reputed to welcome those kinds of apps if the student is qualified.</p>
<p>The USC program does seem to provide more structure than most early admission programs, which just throw you into the regular student body (for better or worse). Interviews are usually a required component of the application.</p>
<p>Dear Whi, I graduated w/a hs diploma at 16 in NJ. Every college that I applied to wanted 4 yrs of English, but, I’m sure there are some that do not.
Just take a 5 or 6 week summer session for Engl1 @ your local community college.
In your app essay, mention graduating in 3 yrs. Fordham & NYU were confused by my age and start-finish high school dates. I had to have my GC clarify this with follow up letters.<br>
Don’t worry, you also are eligible for all academic scholarships.
Good luck!!
:)</p>
<p>I had lunch today with a lovely young lady who is a friend of D’s and who graduated hs a year early to go to Smith. She’s working in NYC in a boutique investment banking firm and in many ways couldn’t be happier. Mindful of this thread, I asked her about the advantages of having stayed for her last year in hs. She shook her head: timing. And I realized she was right. She managed to get a job, lose a job, and get another job and get as locked in as one can be these days before the job market completely collapsed. </p>
<p>Thus demonstrating that there are lots of factors, some of which amount to dumb luck in timing, and that everything else is never equal. Now, I think she would have been more mature and had a significantly higher GPA if she had waited one more year…but the trade-offs right now are in her favor by her standards.</p>