My story is similar to yours. We didn't have an accelerated program, per se, but my parents offered me a choice to skip a grade mid-elementary school. I said I

My story is similar to yours. We didn't have an accelerated program, per se, but my parents offered me a choice to skip a grade mid-elementary school. I said I wanted to stay with my friends. (Though I didn't have any close friends, so maybe I just didn't want to stand out but couldn't articulate that yet.) Eventually, I began to do math at an accelerated pace, and it was wonderful to be with a group of older students closer to my ability level then.