<p>We didn’t think we “rushed it” at all. We think of high school as mostly hokum. Why take high school chemistry when you can do college chemistry? Or canned history as defined by the local school board? Or what passes for “English”? Now, granted, mine already had 66 credits, so there was no question she could do the work? And the colleges saw it the same way.</p>
<p>The Bard NYC program has proven pretty conclusively that NON-gifted 15 and 16-year olds (they aren’t looking to accept gifted students), without any special background, can handle a rigorous college curriculum quite well, provided they have the motivation. The 16-year-old may be motivated, better “prepared” for a college than the same student at 18 who has been forced to slog her way through.</p>