<p>Thank you Philip for a very informative post #71. You provided an excellent and balanced perspective, which is what I am seeking.</p>
<p>My son got into SET at JHU age 8. He used to be on Cogito (SET forum) and his icon have a “penguin”. He also got into Davidson YS Program shortly after too.</p>
<p>I used to think that my son was really special till I met many other parents of precocious kids on elsewhere. I also learn that there are precocious kids (especially those homeschooled ones) that took the normal route and enter college when they are 17/18 too. The difficulty is to find interesting activities for them to keep these kids busy. I have got lots and lots of suggestions on this board.. thanks a lot for all the advice.</p>
<p>I am glad your son does well in “English, history, philosophy, writing”. My son is still at age level on these subjects and there is no indcation of advance abilities at this point. Only time can tell, and he might not have them at all (except technical writing, science essays or coding)</p>
<p>Philip, tell me more about TASP. Do they accept younger kids? I know that SIMUW, SIMaC and RSI all require kids in their Junior years, and do not take younger kids.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks a lot for the perspective/priority post.</p>