16 year old graduating college, headed to Harvard for PhD

ecouter11
Wed, 01 May 2013 23:37:23 +0000

If anything, she probably had more free time over the past 4 years than her same-age peers in high school. She didn’t have to be in class all day or try to juggle a whole slew of APs, while at the same time trying to juggle participation in sports or school clubs in the hopes of having a good set of EC’s to impress a college ad com.



Amen to this. I know many kids who would prefer to just be allowed to follow their own academic path early, rather than being constrained by tedious requirements. I don’t know if I feel the same way because I do like learning about other subjects. At the same time, I think if we were given more freedom, this cohort would probably pursue their passions and also “learn the basics” independently. World History is an amazing, beautiful subject - unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that way when you’re cramming one civilization after another.