And if your kids are math-oriented, there's UMTYMP (http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/ http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/), where starting in 7th grade or earlier,

And if your kids are math-oriented, there's UMTYMP (http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/ http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/), where starting in 7th grade or earlier, students basically cover two years of math per year, starting with algebra, geometry, stats, and then calculus and differential equations. By the time I graduated from high school, I had taken three years of calculus, along with a ton of various other college classes through PSEO. I entered college as sophomore, and due to the crushing homework load that I was used to from UMTYMP, college homework was a breeze :) Minnesota really is great for motivated students with supportive parents. It did take a lot of fighting between my parents and the school district to get them to actually accept my college classes for graduation though; some school administrations are very proud of their programs, and take UMTYMP and PSEO as personal insults to what they offer.