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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on the kid.  My bro was one of the youngest in his grade, and had no trouble going to an Ivy at 17.  In the same situation, I took an extra year of HS as an exchange student in Europe, going to an Ivy at 18.  My niece took a gap year after HS, during which she volunteered as an English teacher in Asia and traveled around South America with a friend, to begin Harvard at 19.

Both of my little girls are young for their grades - we plan to find them an extra year in HS, probably as exchange students in Hong Kong or China (we speak Chinese at home).  We're not planning to hold them back in elementary school because, frankly, we don't want them to get unwanted attention from boys by being among the first girls in a class to develop in upper elementary school, or middle school.

No reason for a kid to go straight through HS and on to college young, particularly if parents can afford one year of private school or the cost of sending a kid abroad as an exchange student.  Some boarding schools, in this country and international schools abroad, will take kids for one extra year of HS, usually between 11th and 12th grade, or for "13th grade: (5th year).  Good luck.

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