Early College

College Search & Selection
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<p>Do any of you know of any early college acceptance programs? You know, where you go to college in place of your senior year...Clarkson has one (<a href="http://www.clarkson.edu/tcs/)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.clarkson.edu/tcs/)&lt;/a>, and so does Russel Sage (Sage College of Albany: Early College others? I've kind of been thinking about this sort of thing for awhile, but am only now starting to seriously check it out since I got rejected from another program that I wanted to next year. Any insight would be great! </p>

<p>I want a formal program, one like Clarkson's because they have special housing and events and other things to help the students get used to the transition but at the same time recognize them as normal freshman in the school. However, I want to look at other options.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Wikipedia has a [url=<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_college_entrance_program%5Dlist%5B/url"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_college_entrance_program]list[/url&lt;/a&gt;] of early college entrance programs. The best-known is probably Simon's Rock (officially "Bard College at Simon's Rock"), which is the only college designed exclusively for early admits.</p>

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<p>Do you know if they take seniors?</p>

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<p>USC has one. I remember them sending me a letter during my junior year of high school to apply to it.</p>

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<p>I unfortunately live on the East Coast, so USC is too far away.</p>

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<p>University of Chicago was a pioneer in early admission.</p>

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<p>I'll look into that, but Chicago is kinda far away (about 7 or 8 hours).</p>

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<p>I think that most private colleges consider applicants who want to enter early, even if they do not mention it in websites, literature, etc. Public colleges probably do it less often. I've heard of many people entering private colleges and universities early. You should make up a list of a few places that you would like to attend, and then ask (early, before the admissions season begins in the fall) whether they accept applications for early entry.</p>