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Bay Area Community Colleges and Universities
Ohlone College Program for Exceptional Students in Grades K-12
BAGHS Workshops and Presentations
California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE)
General Information Resources
- The Homeschooling Toward College (hs2coll) list. It is very common for homeschoolers to take college classes as part of their high school years and many do so much earlier. Lots of California folks on the list.
- The Choice, the education blog of The New York Times.
- The College Board college information pages.
- Facebook pages for colleges of interest. Community colleges in our area and universities as well have lots of good information on Facebook beyond what is on their static Web sites. For example, here's the one for Foothill College, in the Bay Area.
- For UC Berkeley specifically, The Daily Californian and Berkeleyside.
- Google Alerts about colleges and issues of interest. This searches the Web for you daily and sends you info as often as you wish. You can either get them sent to you via email or (my preference) view them in a newsreader such as Google Reader or other newsreader of your choice.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education. Full access to the site is by paid subscription, but you can get email newsletters on topic of interest that link you to much content that is free. I've been tempted to pay for an online sub a couple times, but generally I get what I need just from their freebies. Sign up for desired email newsletters.
- Our friend Wes Beach provides educational consulting through his Beach High School to those who wish to access college and other experiences on their educational journeys.
Articles About Early College
- The Early College Option, by Kathi Kearney (republished on Hoagies' Gifted Education page; originally published 1989)
- Looking beyond grades and scores, Boston Globe, March 22, 2009 - article about how selective colleges/universities like Tufts and Amherst weigh other factors besides grades and SAT/ACT scores in accepting students
- Parents' perspective of early college entrance for profoundly gifted children, by B. Wright, Davidson Institute for Talent Development, 9/01.
- Considerations in Early College Attendance, by Tonya L. Anderson
- Early College Gains Ground in Education - about Early College High School Initiative programs -- New York Times, 7/14/03
- Tips for Parents: Early College Entrance for Profoundly Gifted Students, by J. Reider, Davidson Institute for Talent Development, 2004
- Doogie Howser, et al - from an MIT Admissions blog, July 2005, about younger students being admitted at MIT
- Thinking About Early Entrance to College, from Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development
- Article from Genius Denied: "Thinking Through Early Entrance to College"
- Finally, Help for Profoundly Gifted Children - article about group started by a mom in NJ which utilizes early college program at Rutgers University (a state univ. in NJ)
- Early College in China: Growing Up Gifted in China
Books and Documents
Early Entrance College Programs
Early College High Schools
Choosing Colleges
Success Stories
Alternatives to Early College
The Transition Process
- Countdown to College Radio - with Beth Pickett. Countdown to College Radio is a weekly one-hour show dedicated to helping college-bound high school students and their families understand the process of getting ready for--and getting into--college. Show host Beth Pickett interviews experts on the college application process, high school coursework, summer opportunities, extracurricular activities, application essays, standardized testing, financial aid, and college options, with the occasional foray into how to maintain a healthy and positive attitude throughout what can be a very stressful process.
- Example of a high school transcript needed for concurrent enrollment, from City College of San Francisco (pdf)
College Application Information
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