To be accepted into college at 16, you simply need to skip one grade and have your birthday be later in your school year than your acceptance to college. I ski

To be accepted into college at 16, you simply need to skip one grade and have your birthday be later in your school year than your acceptance to college. I skipped a grade, then I got into Stanford "early action", which means I found out in December when I was still 16. I turned 17 fairly soon thereafter, and was 18 for roughly half of my freshman year of college. So one doesn't have to be that far ahead of schedule to "be 16" (even if that means almost 17) when getting into college. Being one year young doesn't really inhibit my ability to take advantage of Stanford in a serious way. The fact that there will only be one quarter when I am eligible to take the wine tasting course is about the extent of it.