I started school when I was 4 and graduated HS at 15. I finally settled on a Math degree in college (started as a Mechanical Engineering major and realized I like the math better) in 1985. With Dad being in the Air Force, we moved around a lot, I never had problems making acquaintences in school, but yeah, high school was pretty much a zero socially for me but that wasn't why I was there. I think if I'd waited until the 'usual' age to start school I'd have been more bored out of my skull than I was. All my teachers learned, very quickly, that it was just safer to leave me reading my library book as I'd probably already finished the assignment 3 weeks ago.

Obviously your daughter is working above high school level, so unless SHE wants to stay back in high school, why make her?



>>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.
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>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.
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>Junior high and high school were pretty much a disaster socially.
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>Academically, I did well in college and took a broad range of courses, but I really bloomed when I got to grad school.
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>Tamar