<p>HI,
so i was born in nigeria, and there we graduate at about 16-17. so when i moved here, i just adjusted to the system with my grade level and not my age. I am now a senior, and i will turn 16 in february, and i have applied to yale. I was wondering if there are any students like me at yale (those who graduate early) and if they have any problems adjusting. is it a pro or a con?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Hey! I’m a Naija girl too!! I was born in Nigeria and was already in primamry school before I came to America. Once I got here, the local school told me that I was too young and so I had to sit out a whole year!</p>
<p>Lol. I’m pretty sure that there will be a handful of young Yalies who are content. It’s mostly all about maturity level.</p>
<p>I’m also applying to Yale at 16.</p>
<p>^ are you applying as a senior (which I am), or you are a sophomore/junior, but have enough credits to graduate?</p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>Just get in and delay your enrollment for a year. Easy peasy.</p>
<p>I’m a 16-year-old senior (skipped 8th grade).</p>
<p>to “hookem168”, I am a senior right now. As in I started going to school early and skipped a grade, but I am just a regular senior in Nigeria, but here in the US, I am younger by 2 years. If I defer enrollment, what will I do for 1 whole year? Sit at home?, because I will graduate as a senior this may.</p>
<p>As long as your as mature as people in your grade, you should be fine for college life. There are definitely people in the US that skip a grade and end up turning 17 after they graduate. So you’re a bit younger, but as long as you have kept up with the people in your grade in high school, college should be the same. If you feel more comfortable, you can take a gap year like hookem suggested, where you defer enrollment and do something that academically/personally interests you for a year. Your spot is saved for the next year but you can work at an internship, travel, do some sort of program. The problem with that, in my opinion, though, is that as a 16-year-old you’ll have more trouble with doing some of those things independently. I think going to college where your food, housing, etc, needs are met is probably the best bet. There are a lot of resources at Yale through residential college individual attention and freshman counselors (frocos) that can probably give you some extra guidance if you’re struggling.</p>
<p>I’m not 16, but I just turned 17 two months ago and will be graduating this spring. As long as you act your grade and not your age, people assume that you’re as old as whatever you’re “supposed” to be. I definitely view early graduation as a good thing. Many 16 yr olds, especially the kind Yale attracts, are just as mature and intelligent as 18 yr olds, so why not graduate early?</p>