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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the kids I know there is focusing their electives on the health pathway, aiming for pre-med. All students do take engineering in 9th grade so I think that does make it more appealing to the tech/engineering -oriented student. It's not a vo-tech program. Students take a lot of dual-enrollment classes and can graduate with an AA degree so start college well ahead. But that does make it more appealing to kids aiming for VA state Us  [/quote]

OP again. If a child starts school with a lot of college credits but starts college at 18 (as opposed to starting college with a lot of credits after spending 2 years at community college), what does that mean for them? Taking a lighter course load in college and still graduating in 4 years? Or graduating early? I don’t think DD is mature enough to go to grad school or start working “early” so I’m not sure what the advantage is to getting a bunch of college credits, but obviously I’m not in that world yet so I need you to educate me please.[/quote]

The main advantage is that they would finish college early, saving the cost of two years. Given the cost of vet school for your daughter that's a big plus. My cousin's son in another state went through a similar high school, finished with an AA, spent two years at their flagship and then on to med school.

If maturity is an issue (which it may not be, hard to know what your 13-14 yr old will be like at 18), she might decide on a gap year before college or before grad school [/quote]

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