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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wanting to repeat a grade will be a red flag for any mainstream school, especially GDS and Sheridan. McLean might be open to it 8f you explain why it's necessary and how it fits with the support it offers. I don't know anything about the other schools on your list. [/quote]

Reclassing at 3rd - of course. Do it again at 8th, and then a post graduate year, you got yourself a 21 year old college freshman. [/quote]

Why is this a big issue? If an boy matures later, shouldn't he enter college at a time when he is more ready for it?

I went to an Ivy League college and several of my male friends were incredibly immature when we were freshman. (In retrospect, they were problably 2e kids who have some ADHD and are also gifted in some ways). They hit their stride when they got older in junior and senior years of college. While they squeeked by in freshmand and sophomore year, their GPAs suffered a lot from their disorganization and immaturity. They had to overcome those weak GPAs in the later years of college. [/quote]

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