rising junior starting to research colleges

[abstract sphinx]

@pastel rapids curriculum can also come down to what you'd want to study which leads to a certain job prospect of your choosing

[pastel rapids]

yeah im still very very open to what i want to study so 😭

[abstract sphinx]

oooh yeah no worries

i'm in a similar situation actually

any stats program as long as good job prospects after

you can also ask #💭-majors-and-minors about global health programs

[bitter ether]

id say skipping 9th grade probably hurts you

given that colleges will see you as the same as other hs students and you miss out on a full year of maturation

for OOS privates i'm obligated to plug brown

open curriculum allows you near total freedom to do whatever you want

that being said it's completely fine not to be sure about anything at your age

[bitter ether]

JHU is also known for public health, but its also known for grade deflation and an on average depressing atmosphere

your mileage may vary

[vast vigil]

Not really, in actuality colleges take everything into context and consider a lot of factors in trying to beat understand you as a candidate. Skipping a grade, as long as it's explained, won't be something that colleges will hold against you

[bitter ether]

fr?

i always thought you'd just write worse given you're a full year younger and writing depends mostly on life experience

[vast vigil]

No disrespect but I barely remembered anything from freshman year when I was applying to colleges

Writing good doesn't depend on how long you've been in HS, it depends on how much you make of it

[bitter ether]

i mean that in the sense like when you're a year younger you can't reflect on your life experiences as well as someone older

• you just have less life lived to help you out with reflection

[vast vigil]

I'm sorry could you clarify?

[bitter ether]

given how your brain develops as you age most drastically throughout your teenage years

16 yr olds definitely don't have the same maturity as 17 year olds

[vast vigil]

I mean sure but that's like saying every 16 year old is less mature than a 17 year old when that's not the case.

College admissions writing isn't even much about maturity. It's about trying to express how you fit as a college candidate through what makes you unique to them. That doesn't need an extra year of needing freshman year, it brings into context of sharing of what you've done as a whole in your life, your experiences overall, and how you developed to the person you are.

Besides, AOs know how to read a high schoolers essays and are well aware just how immature and terrible the trash writing can be. That's their job to translate that writing and see fit to how it would be with college admissions. The maturity between a 16 year old and 17 year old is barely anything to determine that.

Besides, if they were able to skip 9th grade, don't you think they would, to some extent be similarly to the maturity, academically and writing speakingly that is, as his fellow peers?

[bitter ether]

from my experience not all the time, given so many parents also just want their kids to skip for the sake of skipping

ive seen those who skipped who were incredibly mature and those who definitely werent

[bitter ether]

to the parts i disagree with i can't say more without sounding like "NUH UH"

[vast vigil]

Just to be clear, we are talking about academic maturity right?

Cause in my experience, most that do skip a grade have been gifted enough to handle academics and writing.

Again, this is based on POVs at that point

[bitter ether]

woops

yeah no i was talking about

personal maturity

[vast vigil]

Yeah no I would agree with you on that then