<p>@Bearsgarden, on balance, saving a year or semester’s worth of costs might not appeal to everyone. I am probably not alone as a parent whose child was accepted to Yale and would probably have been accepted to any number of schools that would have offered either a free ride or reduced COA. Even though we’ll be paying full freight for Yale, it works for our family, and we’re happy to pay.</p>
<p>Not to be flippant, but “why push to get out of a place early that you tried so hard to get into?”</p>
<p>For us, we hope that some math and science APs place our son out of introductory courses. Math 230 anyone?</p>