<p>Does anyone know anything about this program or has attended it?</p>
<p>I have a friend who is in that program. I can ask her questions for you if you want me to.</p>
<p>They bombarded my DD with mail and phone calls many years ago. She was never interested in accelerating.</p>
<p>just googled it. i guess its something along the lines of "go to college while your in high school"....</p>
<p>thanks jonathan1, i need a perspective from someone who's actually been there, as it is a really big decision.</p>
<p>We know someone who is going next year. She goes to a top top west coast school, and has decided on Mary Baldwin. We were told that Mary Baldwin students have transferred to Princeton, but a Princeton admissions officer told us they don't accept transfer students.</p>
<p>So will it be hard for her to transfer from Mary Baldwin? And if she goes to a top top west coast school why is she changing schools?</p>
<p>..."for the exceptionally gifted"</p>
<p>hmm
not me
=)</p>
<p>She has an exceptionally long commute to this great west coast school. It just sounds like she's tired of it.</p>
<p>Oh, what grade would she be in in the fall?</p>
<p>Freshman, but I better not give anymore info than that.</p>
<p>we looked into it. it seemed that it was not well supervised/ rigorous. you would probably be better off at prep school</p>
<p>Hey do you mean the PEG program? Actually I live in Staunton and lived across the street from Mary Baldwin for many years. I almost applied there but decided the atmosphere wasn't for me. It is a lovely campus in the middle of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Staunton is a great little town and MBC is very close to downtown. The PEG program is for 12-16 year olds who are ready to take college courses. You take your courses alongside college kids. Doing the program pretty much means you are incredibly smart/ genius and you are almost assured to get into a very good college when you want to get higher degrees. PM if you want</p>
<p>IS that an Early College type thing?</p>
<p>The name sounds pretty X-men-ish to me!</p>
<p>Here is a cool article on Mary Baldwin:</p>
<p>Young</a>, Gifted and Skipping High School - washingtonpost.com</p>
<p>Like many of us who have chosen the prep school route, this looks like a good alternative for exceptionally gifted students.</p>
<p>Our family has chosen to have one daughter at Stanford EPGY OHS, and one daughter at Exeter, and although we are happy with these choices, it's good to know that these other viable options are out there.</p>
<p>Yea, prep school would probably be better, but it's too late in the year to apply for any of those programs.</p>
<p>Thanks Ryanone, that is a really good article.</p>
<p>I attended this program during the '96-'97 school year, after which I transferred schools (switching colleges was a breeze, by the way), partly to be closer to home, partly because I found the rules of the program to be too constrictive for me and partly because Mary Baldwin doesn't offer (or didn't offer in my day) the major courses of study I wanted to pursue. </p>
<p>From what I've read recently, PEG is a much different animal from when I attended. Still, the impact a decision like this can have on a young, young, young person's life remains about the same. My best advice is to exhaustively research PEG- and any alternatives which may be applicable to your situation- before applying.</p>