> Will any out of state University seriously consider a > college application without 12 grades of experience? I only have anecdotal evidence that they would

> Will any out of state University seriously consider a > college application without 12 grades of experience? I only have anecdotal evidence that they would ;) I had 9 grades of experience total (skipped first two grades as well), didn't have stellar SAT scores or high school grades, did a half-ass job on the applications, and yet I got about 40% acceptance rate at pretty good schools. I got rejections from Harvard, MIT and Caltech, but I doubt my age or lack of experience was the main factor in their decision. A friend of mine from the same high school did pretty much the same thing a year later and was told by MIT (or was it Caltech?) that they're not accepting him only because he's graduating early. He ended up going to the same university as me. > Would you trust private corporations to school your > children? I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong... Private schools are pretty popular in this country.