<p>And the fact that Intel doesn't announce its winners until January/March.</p>
<p>Corranged, I would actually recommend you make up fifth grade before starting colleges, and inform schools of your intent to do this as you apply. You can probably take accelerated 5th grade, which would condense it into one semester and you can start school in the Spring.</p>
<p>I believe in a recent press release by the Harvard Crimson, as well as an official statement from Dean Fitzsimmons, Harvard is waitlisting all applicants who did not complete the rigorous 5th grade. </p>
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<p>Oh, really? I gusss that was the real reason I was deferred!</p>
<p>That's a good idea about the accelerated fifth grade. Do you think the University of Pheonix online offers it? I want to make sure I can do the fieldtrips, too. I hear the fieldtrips are one of the most important parts.</p>
<p>Maybe I should send in an additional rec from the teacher? And will they need to see a transcript? I'm kind of worried about what I'll get in Spelling. This is going to bring down my GPA a lot.</p>
<p>They have fieldtrips, but U of Phoenix just calls it "Accelerated 5th Gr. + Lab". So make sure you know what you're getting into!</p>
<p>Hahahaha. :D</p>