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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a "Greenshirted" kid who is a Junior in HS right now. His birthday is late September and the cut-off was Sept 1. He had to take a test to qualify for early entrance to kindergarten.

Here are the reasons we greenshirted -
- he is very bright and was ahead in all academic markers (could read from 3 yrs of age)
- he was average height and weight, healthy and active.
- he was very well socialized, very articulate, independent, mature and is NT
- keeping him back would have been a disservice to him. - he is the youngest of the siblings and so he was really at par with his elder siblings.
- it made no sense to pay for another year of private school before he could go to public school ES.

He excelled in the classroom and playground. He soon leapfrogged to a more advanced track and program in public school and has really thrived.

Detrimental in some ways?
- a lot of prestigious opportunities and internships in HS have a strict age-limit and he is always younger by a couple months.

Not really impactful for a kid who is a focussed student and  not a wild party animal. YMMV. -
- his driver's license came a few months later than most of his peers 
- he will probably be a few months younger than his peers before he can have his first legal beer.

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That is really cool. I always liked being the youngest in my class and it would have been such a confidence boost to have been even younger. (Not that’s why you should green shirt but it would be nice still)[/quote]
My son started college at 16. He loves it. That is something that really built confidence.  Can't imagine starting college at 20 would be a good feeling.[/quote]

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