In general I agree with the other comments about social skill and connections. But remember you can often go up a grade or two for specific subjects, like math

In general I agree with the other comments about social skill and connections. But remember you can often go up a grade or two for specific subjects, like math or reading or whatever. Don't be too sad if this doesn't work out, either. I got moved up to 3rd grade math in the middle of when they were teaching long multiplication and I was totally lost. I still aced the verbal section of the PSAT (much later lol) and got some good scholarships.