What would you "think" of a person.

[Duddy]

Originally posted by: notfred
Haha, I was going to say "I think he's Indian or Asian, has ridiculously demanding parents, and probably hates his life".

I guess I should have thought "she" instead of "he".

QFT

 

[unsped]

jailbait FTW

 

[jagec]

I went to college at 17. It has a handful of disadvantages, but no biggie.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: jagec
I went to college at 17. It has a handful of disadvantages, but no biggie.

 

[cirthix]

i went at 16 too, nothing really strange about it.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

thats cool, if she can do it, she should be there

this kinda doesnt happen here, you get the odd one, but i think its rather rare. its almost reverse on our course, theres a lot of people 2-3 older than me because they did foundation years instead of A-levels prior to coming. and we have 3 guys who are married with kids and in their 30's learning mechanical engineering! gary is the lucky one though, he works for perkins, and they sent him on this degree to become a engineer (by degree) so they pay all his tuition.

i'd think someone that young would be intimidated coming here, specially in halls, knowing that at 16 your not really allowed to legally drink beer, whilst all the other freshers (who are 18) can.

in the US its either too easy at uni (hence lots of smart people going early) or the teaching is so effective in the grades leading up to college that many get good enough to be at university.

 

[Mo0o]

In the long run I think skipping two years wont give them that much of an advantage in life and missing out on two years of high school seems like a waste unless you really didn't have any friends.

 

[skim milk]

college > h.s.

therefore, good for her :thumbsup:

 

[SZLiao214]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
In the long run I think skipping two years wont give them that much of an advantage in life and missing out on two years of high school seems like a waste unless you really didn't have any friends.

I would rather have spent 6 years in college then 4 in highschool. Im finding that i am enjoying my college life much more then when i was in highschool.

 

[JinLien]

One of my sis friend attended University at the age of 15. The school tried to turn her down till she reach 16, however the parents put a stop to that. She ended up with a master at the age of 19 & married a PHD student that was 30 years old (they dated since she was 17). She was a very bright student, but some what lack the social kills that her peers has.

I worked with a 28 year old Cambodian woman that didn?t attend formal schooling till she was 19 (didn?t know a word of English till she came to Canada at the age of 19). She got her first astrophysics PHD at the age of 25, and her second math PHD at the age of 27.

It is not that uncommon that there are extremely bright people, and then there are exceptional people that make you wish that you are 1/10 as bright as them.

<-- dumb Asian.