Early college entrance program

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Early college entrance programs are educational opportunities for groups of gifted students that allow them to be accelerated into college one or more years before the traditional age of college entrance. These programs also provide their students with a social support network and help in dealing with the adjustment.

By placing students into full-time college studies, these programs differ from dual enrollment, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs, which are alternative methods of earned college credits (or their equivalent) while in high school. Because these early entrance programs routinely admit large groups of students and provide social support, they are also distinct from the more traditional educational acceleration offered by many colleges [1], where they may admit one or two underage students a year. Early entrance programs take a number of forms. Some (i:e Bard High School Early College) are high schools designed to offer a college curriculum. Most are special programs within larger colleges (i:e Advanced Academy of Georgia). Simon's Rock College of Bard is unique in that it is the only college designed expressly for younger students.

[edit] List of early entrance programs

Program Name Associated University Location
Transition Program University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia
Transition School and Early Entrance Program University of Washington Seattle, Washington
Early Entrance Program California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Boston University Academy Boston University Boston, Massachusetts
Bard High School Early College Bard College New York, New York
The Early College at Guilford Guilford College Greensboro, North Carolina
Program for the Exceptionally Gifted Mary Baldwin College (women only) Staunton, Virginia
Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, Missouri
Challenge Early College High School Houston Community College System Houston, Texas
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science University of North Texas Denton, Texas
Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
Advanced Academy of Georgia University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia
Academy for Young Scholars University of Washington Seattle, Washington
Georgia Academy of Mathematics, Engineering and Science Middle Georgia College Cochran, Georgia
Simon's Rock College of Bard N/A Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Early Honors Program Alaska Pacific University Anchorage, Alaska
Resident Honors Program University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
National Academy of Arts, Sciences and Engineering University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
The Clarkson School's Bridging Year Clarkson University Potsdam, New York
Running Start Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington

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Early College Entrance Programs in the USA