TCU College Freshman Is Just 11 Years Old

[Beliavsky]

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@collegealum314

The kid said he wants to be a physicist, not a doctor or a lawyer. I would guess that it would take him another 10 years to get a BS + PhD, then add another 2-3 years for a postdoc, which everyone does these days. So he would be 23 at the youngest when he would be fully trained. </p>

<p>Is there a “point” to doing that?

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<p>I think you answered your own question – I want people starting their careers in their early 20s, not their early 30s. We have applied this thinking to our own children, on a smaller scale. Our bright daughter has a January birthday, so we enrolled her in a private KG at age 4.5. She has done well in KG and 1st grade and is now transitioning to public 2nd grade. By our thinking, we have saved her a year.</p>