@wis75 - my kids did go on further educationally. In my post I noted that my oldest has two masters degrees and my other child has an MBA and her CPA license. Since most don’t have two masters degrees and many accounting majors do not end up with a CPA license, I think they did go further than many of their peers. But no, education is not a race. It’s a trek and that trek can be long or short or any distance in between.
My other two children also brought in a large number of college credits but they did not choose to accelerate. One opted to go to school part time and also work in her field. This enabled her to get a plum job before she even graduated. My youngest is at a Service Academy and they do not allow any acceleration.
What I sought to give my children was choices. It was the choice of two of them to accelerate. We did not require them to do this. That said, it worked very well for them and they have no regrets.