The Early Entrance Experience

Testimonials From Those Who Have Lived It

Here you can find the words of students, parents, faculty and others talking about their experience with Early Entrance programs. What appears in this section are the unedited words of people who have participated or known participants in one of the Early Entrance programs that have been identified. Comments are evaluated before being made available, but it is not the policy of this site to censor opinions, and both positive and negative views will be represented.

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The Testimonials have been grouped according to program:
9 Advanced Academy of Georgia
4 Bard High School Early College
3 Clarkson School Bridging Year
5 Early College at Guilford
8 Early Entry Program at CSULA
3 Early Honors Program
5 Georgia Academy of Mathematics, Engineering and Science
7 Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing
1 National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
34 Program for the Exceptionally Gifted
7 Simon's Rock College of Bard
6 Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities
8 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
4 Transition School and Early Entrance Program at UW
1 UW Academy for Young Scholars
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Having read all of the reviews on this site, I am quite appalled by many of the comments. Most of the comments are from recent graduates who may not actually be able enough to see the benefits that PEG can offer to their career.

I went to PEG in 1994 and stayed for one year. After that year, I transferred to New York University and graduated from the Stern School of Business. My first job out of college was for a Top Tier Investment Bank and I can assure you that the FACT that I graduated 4 years early is exactly what landed me the job. After having worked at the bank for a number of years, I am now the head of financial research at another finance firm, a public speaker and a published author of 3 financial books. None of this would have been possibly without PEG.

Why?

Graduating 4 Years Early Makes You Stand Out

In a world where tens of thousands of college students graduate each year, PEG makes you special and being special differentiates you from every other college graduate that is looking for job at the same time that you are. Recruiters receive thousands of resumes from equally qualified students. They are looking for leaders and are looking for people who are not scared to break out of the mold. Seeing **Graduated College at the age of 18** prominently displayed on your resume speaks leaps and bounds for your intelligence and at bare minimum makes you someone they want to talk to.

Graduating 4 Years Early Gives You the Flexibility to Make Mistakes

Switching jobs and switching careers is something that many college students and adults do (hence the mid life crisis). This choice is scary and frustrating for everyone who does it, but graduating college at 18, you have the time and [... more]

- Kathy, Former Student (Class of 1998)
Program for the Exceptionally Gifted

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