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<p>I heard a story about a girl in my town who took this advice that Ben gives here. She was enrolled in our town’s accelerated math program taught at the state flagship university, and then made use of our state’s dual-enrollment program. By the end of her “high school” program, according to the story about her I heard last month, she had 162 quarter credits at the state university–back when it took 180 quarter credits to graduate with a four-year undergraduate degree. But she decided the most appropriate way to continue her education was as a freshman at Caltech, which is where she matriculated. According to the story, she eventually graduated from Caltech with an undergrad degree in just three years, even though she hadn’t applied for transfer admission (this must be VERY unusual, right, Ben?) and she LOVED her time at Caltech. So, yes, if you are an advanced learner at high-school age, you need to find something constructive to do, but that may or may not imply early matriculation at college.</p>