This is the eleventh and last post in a series of posts on the benefits of skipping high school and going straight to college.  The introductory post and index to all the other posts in the series is here. You can see their undergraduate results and post-graduate (PhD) chase here. I try to keep the results updated as they occur.

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With the graduation coming up, I thought it might be good to provide some of the kids’ graduation facts as the final post in the why not skip high school series.  It is also a follow-up to all the posts we wrote about our homeschool and particularly the series on skipping high school, Sonlight homeschool curricula, CLEP testing, and homeschool socialization.

Christian

  • Department graduation ceremony May 9, 2014 (SAS Hall, NCSU Campus, Raleigh, NC)
  • Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics (Honors)
  • Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.93)
  • Dean’s list all semesters for which the course load made him eligible
  • Will attend the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University for a PhD in Electrical Engineering
  • Awarded Dean’s Fellowship (Full scholarship and stipend for four years)
  • Supplementary first year fellowship
  • Research sponsorship provided by MIT Lincoln Labs (where Christian will perform research during the summers)
  • Entering his PhD program at age 18 after skipping high school
  • Earned PhD in EE at age 23 with research in Information Theory and three refereed journal articles

Kelly

  • Department graduation ceremony May 10, 2014 (Ephesus Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC)
  • Bachelor of Science in Statistics
  • Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.64)
  • Dean’s list all semesters for which the course load made her eligible
  • Will attend Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington for a PhD in Marketing
  • Awarded TA/RA funding for four years
  • Supplementary fellowship for duration of PhD
  • Awarded funding for training and conference attendance by the PhD Project of the American Marketing Association
  • Enter her PhD program at age 20 after skipping most of high school
  • Mastered out at age 22 with MS in Marketing Strategy