<p>I currently am a senior (or, will be by September), and I've started to seriously look into various colleges. Reluctantly, I keep turning to 8%-acceptance-rate Ivy League-level schools, Princeton in particular. I'd rather not launch into an outright "Chance Me!" tirade, but I would like to know what - if any - credence those sorts of colleges give to grade acceleration. I currently have a cum. 2290 on the SAT I, 4.0 GPA, etc, and I'm hoping that having skipped both grades 7 and 10 will help me stand out somewhat from the crowd of applicants. If it matters, I'm the only student in my school district to have completely skipped any grades past intermediate school, let alone two. I also skipped four years worth of mathematics (grades 6 and 7, geometry, and precalculus - although I do have grades listed, they were only my results on the final), which currently places me on the upper level of my local community college for courses. Does any of that really have too much weight, or will it be viewed the same as any other senior using the full resources of their school? Thank you in advance for your help.</p>
<p>It can’t hurt, maybe a little boost, but I think in general they are going to compare you and your courseload and achievements to the pool of applicants you want to compete with. With kids taking AP, and college classes starting from the ninth grade or before, it all sort of molds together and actually “skipping a grade” doesn’t take on the same significance. And I say this as somebody who skipped a grade way back when, and basically took all college courses my senior year when nobody else was doing it (in the old days).</p>
<p>But you look like you have a good shot anyway.</p>
<p>Fill out the application with the stats you have and good luck. I don’t want to sound mean, but what have you done lately? Lots of students start college at age 16 by skipping grades and displaying accelerated math abilities. Although you got ahead what did you do to make yourself stand out among other applicants?</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the responses. I essentially was expecting as much, but I wanted to ask to make sure…the admissions representative who I’d asked was very vague. I am working now on entering a research competition (Siemens), which, if I’m successful at it, will hopefully stand out somewhat. If not, then I do have plenty of other colleges I’m interested in.</p>