<p>You don’t know his high school grades or ACT/SAT scores yet. He hasn’t even entered high school yet.
I have given you a link above showing UF acceptance rates of students with less than 21 credits (so the plan you want to do falls under this category) which is 23%. This makes Notre Dame and Rice only slightly more difficult to get into compared to UF. It’s not a good situation to be in especially when you don’t know if your son will be recruited or even want to play after HS.
Similarly, he won’t have the extracurricular experience or character growth at the end of Sophomore year that other students will and it will show in his essays and interviews when he applies. Give him the best advantage possible and sit down with him. Talk to him about what he wants to do.
Plus, is it really good for him to be thrown out into the real world at 16 while all his friends and peers are still in high school? </p>