HS Junior entering college early

paying3tuitions
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:40:23 +0000

Two thoughts: Simons Rock is part of Bard College and admits kids to college during their h.s. aged years. It’s in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

At our S’s h.s. they let him “skip 11th grade” rather than “graduate a year early” so that he was a Senior in his final year, attended his Sr. Prom and all that junk. When he applied to college, he was applying as a Senior that autumn. A problem was they couldn’t assign him “class rank.” We had no time to visit college campuses, but he knew what he wanted fairly well without the visits. It was very rushed, however, compared to the thoughtful processes of my older 2 kids.

I am sure he didn’t want to be home alone any more, after the older two sibs left for college. He’s very happy to have taken off a year earlier than we ever expected.
Actually, he intended a gap year but the college that admittted him (to a competitive, creative program) wouldn’t hold his place to the next year, and he didn’t want to risk losing his acceptance. So his gap year abroad will hopefully morph into a Junior Term abroad instead.