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Update FAQ R-6 on leaving high school early
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### {{ faq("R-6", "Should I graduate early from high school?") }}

I am usually against it.
There's actually two versions of this question.

In short, my model of high school (and to some extent college as well) is that
One is leaving high school a year early to do something like a gap year or other
break from traditional schooling. That seems fine to me.

The second version is leaving high school a year early to
attend university or start work one year ahead of time.
I usually recommend against this.
(And I'm not alone; I think both Po-Shen and Zuming are really against it too.)

In short, my model of high school (and college as well) is that
this is the time to **gain as many experience points as possible**.
The specifics of what domain you do this in are not important.

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because since when does high school teach you anyway?
You are responsible for your own learning.

Starting college a year early doesn't increase the amount of time you get
to be an undergraduate. It just means you replace one year of high school
with one extra year of being a working adult way later.
Frankly, this seems like a terrible trade to me.
I think many people, in practice, are going to have way more
freedom to learn things on their own, or just explore interests and hobbies,
while they are a student than once they become a "real adult".

There's no race to graduate from school; if anything,
I would do the opposite and try to postpone leaving school as long as possible.

### {{ faq("R-7", "I am a parent. Give me advice!") }}

Here are a few great talks from the Math Prize for Girls event.
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