This really is the start of a leg up in both college and graduate school. I told you my daughter's experience of doing gifted and getting a full-semester of college credit before high school graduation, saving us money there. But as good as gifted was, it didn't compare to what her friend from Houston had with a high school dedicated to preparation for medical professions (also limited to gifted kids). Of all the kids my daughter knew who wanted to be veterinarians, those who were in honors classes in high school changed majors out of pre-veterinary early in their college careers, the gifted kids finished pre-vet but had trouble getting into vet school and were getting masters degrees in related fields and applying again. But the girl who went to the pre-medical high school and had Organic Chemistry and other pre-med classes in high school had the best background. She was the one, of very few my daughter knew, who got into a top vet school. There is no way to catch up in college to kids who have already had the required classes while in high school.
