Wow! I love those ideas, acs! I'd love to get more info about those programs you mention! They are exactly the sorts of things I'd love to give to DS7 as options to delay early college for us. Would you PM me if you're not comfortable sharing the details publically? I'd be grateful.
DS7 is an outdoorsman and a natural tracker. His woodsman/hunter grandfather marveled at his ability to spot tracks that the "pro" didn't see. All those hours spent with "I Spy" books had some practical use, I guess. LOL! But DS7 be in heaven at the tracking/survival camp, I'm sure of it!
And just for the record, I don't oppose early college. I agree completely that it's the right choice for some kids. But I also got the impression that the OP felt like there was no other option but early college, though she wasn't 100% sold on it for a 12yo and perhaps hadn't considered other approaches to delay that inevitability a couple of years to make it more palatable. I know that the idea of my DS7 on campus full-time in 5 years makes me break out in hives, so I'm going to do everything in my power to not have to go there so soon, provided that "everything" still stimulates him intellectually.
