<p>Nrvenice, if the point of college education is to get a degree from somewhere to move on to a job, then they accomplished what they wanted. If the point is to get the best education one can-- which is my goal for my children-- then there were probably better options. For example, I wonder if the student would have been accepted to an MD program (as opposed to a DO program) if she had gone to a different school or graduated a few years later (presumably with more research and patient care experience)? Who knows what the opportunity cost was of accelerating 10 years and attending a local college? I’m glad it worked for them but, as someone who was accelerated, I am not fond of this approach. I think the students about whom ucbalumnus and VillageMom posted-- students who transferred into top universities-- were bettter-served by acceleration although not all community colleges are equally strong. I think that ideally, students would be able to accelerate within a challenging environment and with a community of peers. </p>
<p>You have posted four times on cc and all of the posts are related to this family and this story. Are you related to them somehow or trying to promote their book?</p>