<p>My child is able to skip 11th grade and wants to graduate her high school at age of 16. Is there any potential problem for her to get admission to the pretigous college /university at age of 16?
Many thanks in advance for advice.</p>
<p>If she is ready to be out of there, and has other things to do with her life, it is totally OK. She should sit down with her guidance counselor, and ask about where students from her HS who have done that have gone on to study in college. The people at her school are the ones who are best able to advise her. She doesn’t have to go straight off to college. A Gap Year might be more interesting for her.</p>
<p>There are several threads on this topic in the Parents Forum. You may want to go there, and scroll down until you find them.</p>
<p>Skipping a grade does not directly create any advantage or disadvantage for admissions. Some claim that skipping makes a students look particularly driven/motivated, others claim it raises a warning flag about social maturity-- either way I don’t believe we’ve ever actually seen evidence of either or heard from any admissions office about it. Students regularly apply at the age of 16, and there is no issue with that.</p>
<p>One disadvantage may be that the student will not meet course expectations that many top colleges recommend or even require. This is a problem applicants would only encounter if skipping a grade in high school. Colleges certainly make exceptions when a student does not have access to courses, but they may be slightly less forgiving when the student chooses to not complete the courses. For example: [Princeton</a> University | Academic Preparation](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/preparation/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/preparation/) . Note at Princeton these are only “expectations” and not requirements, but this is not the case everywhere.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that skipping a grade is often can indirectly put students at a disadvantage in a number of ways for admissions:</p>
<ul>
<li># of rigorous courses taken</li>
<li># of awards accumulated</li>
<li>Reduced time for extra curriculars</li>
<li>Lower class rank</li>
</ul>
<p>Most high schools will feed you and your child the BS of ‘colleges like it better if you have attended all four years of high school’ its true to some extent. However it’s not true completely. I am 16 and will be done with school on Jan 18th 2013. I am graduating a year and a half early. I was accepted so far into Penn State, and have not heard from the others I applied to yet. </p>
<p>If she has taken lots of courses, especially honors, AP and good EC’s she will be fine</p>