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 may 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
Early Entrance	Wellesley College (Women Only)	Wellesley, MA