How old will your child be when they start college?

Liz_Lemon
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:31:59 +0000

I have a late November birthday and started first grade at five, and college at 17; like HImom’s son, I learned to read at a few months shy of three. There’s no doubt that I was ready academically, but I’m sure waiting a year would have helped me socially, though much more in elementary and middle school than in college.

Edited to add that I looked even younger than I was, which surely didn’t help my case. I hated middle school (and most of high school, really) partly for that reason.