Most people graduating college early are NOT rushing.

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

Oh wow. You stole his young adulthood. He missed an entire formative period.

Oh wow, ot was not my idea - in fact it was his idea and he insisted. And the ES principal encouraged the skip.

The attacks on acceleration can also include oh you stole the youngsters formative years. Try to come up with something new.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom got remarried my freshman year and I lost all my financial aid. Stepdad did not contribute anything and my mom was a preschool teacher.

I overloaded ever semester + summers and graduated in 2.75 years. I wish I had more time but private T50s are $$$$ with no finaid. I went straight into a 6 year PhD program so I guess it all evens out in the end.

Did your mother not anticipate that development? Did she feel bad that her husband chipped in zero?

Nope and nope. I was the first in my family to go to college (still only actually, 15 years later) so there was 0 understanding of how it all worked. Once I realized what happened I begged them to file taxes married filing separately. She declined because then her husband would owe more taxes. That was not great for our relationship.

My point in making this post is that sometimes its a place of privilege to not rush through.

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

It's not fair to compare a female to a male. I'd say the PP's daughter has at least as much to be proud of as your son when you control for gender.

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

Just wait until you're old and your son refuses to take care of you because you robbed him of having a childhood.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

People become envious and start criticizing acceleration as rushing because they only mostly see their own kids and their friends' kids.

Why would anyone be envious of someone who is emotionally less mature than their classmates and can’t drive or go to bars when their classmates/roommates can?

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

Oh wow. You stole his young adulthood. He missed an entire formative period.

The OP will realize this when they’re left fend for themselves in their old age because their son won’t be able to forgive them.

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equivalent of college classes. However, you get credits in college. That is good. It save $$$. DD uses the AP credits for non major credits. Most major classes - needs to take in college. DD is not rushing but finished BS in 2.5 years and 2 semester in Master - so like 3 years - heading to pHD in her 4th year of college at 21. DD is not rushing. It just turns out that way.

I can do better. My DS skipped ahead for 2 years in elementary school and graduated university in 3 years with double major at 18. Oh and he graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa and a great job in finance/AI.

Oh wow. You stole his young adulthood. He missed an entire formative period.

No, they gave him and amazing young adulthood. I know I would have loved to be in his shoes as a young adult.

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people think AP classes aren’t the equivalent of college classes.

They aren’t. They are taught by high school teachers.

And college classes are taught by grad students. What's your point? You don't need to be a professor to teach calculus.

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https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf - I suggest reading the introduction and the section titles "Outcomes of Acceleration and Nonacceleration"

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Well, they rushed at some point. If they didn’t rush during college, they rushed before college.

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Anonymous wrote:https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf - I suggest reading the introduction and the section titles "Outcomes of Acceleration and Nonacceleration"

This. Generally, kids who are accelerated in school end up being less successful than those who aren’t.

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Anonymous wrote:https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf - I suggest reading the introduction and the section titles "Outcomes of Acceleration and Nonacceleration"

Yeah, but this is college we’re talking about, not K-12. Age differences matter a lot less in adulthood. A nineteen-year-old simply doesn’t have the same advantages over an eighteen-year-old that a nine-year-old has over an eight-year-old.

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Anonymous wrote:https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf - I suggest reading the introduction and the section titles "Outcomes of Acceleration and Nonacceleration"

This. Generally, kids who are accelerated in school end up being less successful than those who aren’t.

You clearly clearly didn't read the article

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Anonymous wrote:https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf - I suggest reading the introduction and the section titles "Outcomes of Acceleration and Nonacceleration"

Yeah, but this is college we’re talking about, not K-12. Age differences matter a lot less in adulthood. A nineteen-year-old simply doesn’t have the same advantages over an eighteen-year-old that a nine-year-old has over an eight-year-old.

I was referring to the previous comment about the son who accelerated in K-12

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Anonymous wrote:But why take college level material from people without PhD’s? Why finish college / start adult life at 20 instead of 21? What is the rush to end your youth and get on the treadmill that will dictate your next 50 years?

That's a good question to ask the parents of these kids. Most people who graduate college early do so because of decisions that were made for them by their parents when they were in high school and were minors.