>How did that go for you once you were in college? My daughter could have graduated already but I make her continue to take high school courses because she is only 16. I keep her in high school and plan to until she turns 17. I'm trying for 17 1/2. Right now she is taking courses online. The workload is much greater and it requires a greater time investment but the instructors are all Duke Professors (what enticed me to start her in that program). When I was in school I skipped a grade and I'm not sure the early graduation is always best. I have a niece who is a member of Mensa and she graduated at 16. She is now 30 and only just recently settled on a career. She has multiple degrees and quit to become an electrician. She has engineering degrees (among others) for Pete's sake. She was in college the entire time since highschool.

In college, it wasn't bad, except that I commuted to Penn, which was really a residential school (5-10% commuters), so I have no lasting friendships from college.

Junior high and high school were pretty much a disaster socially.

Academically, I did well in college and took a broad range of courses, but I really bloomed when I got to grad school.

Tamar