<p>i dont get it, how do 8th graders go to college and not go to high schoool</p>
<p>they take all required HS courses early or get a GED</p>
<p>O.o how, theres hundreds of credits in high school, how do they find the time to finish them?</p>
<p>lol not hundreds, more like around 20</p>
<p>How terribly sad.</p>
<p>There's an ten or eleven year old who's a freshman at my high school.
..He's very short.</p>
<p>Does he have any friends? Lol, I didn't think an eleven year old would be on equal footing in terms of social skills with a freshman.</p>
<p>On second thought, maybe they do ;).</p>
<p>^^im insulted.</p>
<p>They probably turn out like this guy lol..</p>
<p>that. is amazing.</p>
<p>too bad he didnt cure cancer.</p>
<p>Lol, I doubt that it's thaat bad for them. I think I would have been quite ready for college at age 12, or whatever, as high school doesn't seem to have prepared me much alone, haha.</p>
<p>I don't think its that difficult. When I took the SAT back in 6th grade, my CR sores were around the 70th percentile for college bound seniors. My math scores were way low, but by 8th grade (once I had taken geometry), they were above average, just like my writing scores.
But I still don't think they should go. As much as many people hate it, high school does have a point. You mature a lot, and its a special time i your life, as crucial, if not more, to your development as any other. And you cannot go trough it the same way in college. One of my sister's friends has a roommate who is I think 15 and it's just weird for everyone. Going to college at 17 as opposed to 18 is not a big deal, but leaving home and entering university at 13 or 14 is going to harm most children, even if they can handle it academically.</p>
<p>There's a kid in my neighborhood who was doing calculus at 10. He truly is a genius though, not the product of some pushy parents. He ended up being homeschooled after public and privates told him they could not teach their son. Now he's 14 and he commutes to University of Delaware and its been a great experience for him because he still is able to find social activities with kids his own age since he's a commuter but get the education that he really needs and can't get at home.</p>
<p>About that article....are you serious? Triple majoring??? I have never even heard of that!!!</p>
<p>I took calculus at my local community college at 11 or 12... it was REALLY awkward. I couldn't imagine doing full time.</p>
<p>my SAT was a 2080 in 8th grade without doing any prep, so i'm positive that 8th graders could handle college work, seeing as a lot of kids are smarter than me. there was even a 7th grade girl who got a 2400 that same year. but i see no benefit in going to college early. 14 year olds don't have the emotional and social intelligence needed for college. these kids are convinced that they're gifted and special, and it cripples them for life in my opinion. and no one wants to hire an 18 year old college grad who thinks he's god's gift to man.</p>
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<p>nitpick: you have to be 16 to get a ged. you can still go to college without graduating high school though. i did, and sort of regret it because i was in no way mature enough to go to college.</p>
<p>by the way, the university of washington offers a transition school program for middle and high schoolers who drop out of school early and enroll there. but i don't think most early entrance kids do these sorts of things.
Robinson</a> Center Early Entrance Program</p>
<p>Eh, I'm glad to be going to college at 18. The educational system where I live is not even close to being advanced enough to produce 12 year-olds academically prepared for college. Although high-school has mainly been a pain-in-the-ass and all in all not that great of an experience for me, I've matured so much academically and socially in the last 4 years that I cannot imagine skipping it.</p>
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<p>Is that where IK went?</p>
<p>Academics is one thing but having an 11 year old try to sort through the peer pressure, parites and relationships of actually "college aged" kids? It would be a nightmare. Letalone if like me they Look alsmost old enough to be there.
In eight grade I had 19 year olds and older hitting on me thinking that I was 18. I shudder to think what it would have been like to live in a dorm with boys two doors down flirting. Middle school age is still kinda young for that kind out influence 24/7.</p>