<p>I see what you're saying. I think, though, that it has more to do with going into specialties, which is encouraged much earlier there than here. I think the amount of people that change majors shows that it's probably better to wait, so I think the American system is better.</p>
<p>
[quote]
What I mean is, at 18, they go to graduate schools (like Medical school).</p>
<p>Ex. Here in the states, if you go to a university (ex. Harvard), you go to Harvard College, not Harvard University.</p>
<p>Get me now?
[/quote]
</p>
<p>I went to Carnegie Mellon University, but was a member of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (a college within the University). My degree was granted by the university, not the college.</p>
<p>This would work only in rarecases, because the vast majority of 15 or 16 year olds, even those academically talented enough to handle a college workload, don't have the maturity to handle a college environment. Although I've hated high school at times, I've realized its provided the perfect opportunity to grow as person. Honestly, I look at me as a freshman and sophomore, and cry that I used to act the way I did. It was seriously pathetic, and yet, still better than 95% of my peers. There is a reason 18 is considered adulthood, and not 16, and I think that applies to college attendance as well.</p>
<p>Short version: A good idea only if the kid is clearly mature beyond his or her years.</p>
<p>Errr, does anyone here think that at 18 college-bound students have the requisite maturity levels? Should that be decided by a case by case basis as well? It seems that colleges are full of immature dicks as is, regardless of the ages of their students... would someone immature at 10th grade really gain a substantial amount of maturity by 12th?</p>
<p>Oh, and how would the necessary levels of maturity be determined, exactly? And subsequently, how would they be measured in the students?</p>
<p>If you are 16, then legally you can.</p>
<p>If you have completed all the curriculum requirements and could still get into a decent college, then I guess why not? Except I know I wouldn't want to do that, not after tenth grade at least, but maybe junior year.</p>
<p>Sure. Why not?</p>
<p>You should be allowed to, should the college choose to accept you, which means you would have to garner teacher recs and all that baloney - and if the counselor didnt want you to do it, they could write a crappy rec letter. Also, private schools are obviously going to make their own decision and mine says absolutely not, you need 4 years. </p>
<p>Also my dad was friends with a 15 year old at a hpys and while he (the 15 y/o, not my dad) wasn't the stereotypical really awkward, socially immature, miserable genius guy, did feel a degree of isolation. Since arguably the whole point of going to hpys is to meet and befriend people who will make your career by connections, and not actually to excel in your studies, the 15 year old wishes he had waited. He did great in academics, but its about who you know, and its really tough to work that system when your 15.</p>
<p>I don't see any reason why not. If someone knows everything they need to know, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to graduate and get a job or go to college. If they can get better jobs (which they can with a diploma), they would have better economic situations.</p>
<p>
[QUOTE]
What I mean is, at 18, they go to graduate schools (like Medical school).</p>
<p>Ex. Here in the states, if you go to a university (ex. Harvard), you go to Harvard College, not Harvard University.</p>
<p>Get me now?
[/QUOTE]
</p>
<p>This person has it wrong. A-Levels are the equivalent of class selection. Basically, GSCEs are your first two years of high school. Going to "college" is basically taking your two years of A-Levels at a technical institute. Most people stay at their own school for A-Levels. You then go to University which is not a graduate school. It's the same as getting a B.A. here.</p>
<p>No, because they should suffer through two more years of high school like the rest of us! <em>sarcasm</em></p>
<p>Yeah, I don't know, I think they should just lay back and sail through high school with outstanding grades til they're 18. Their social life would suffer, being that they'll be around people two years older than them and always feel like "the kid".</p>