One of the big advantages of acceleration is that it gets you more time for a career, especially one of those careers that require substantial post baccalaureate time. A medical career, for example, requires undergraduate, medical school, residency, and even possibly fellowship time. That's a huge chunk of time across one's 20's spent delaying earnings, delaying education loan repayment, and because of the time commitments often delaying family. Other long paths like a PhD track, law school, or other professional schools seem similar. And some of the research with people who have gone through acceleration does show that as a group, accelerated individuals are more likely to pursue those advanced degrees.
