This is a slight repeat, but maybe better directed this time. My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to see what he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever..He's got potential
This is a slight repeat, but maybe better directed this time. My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to see what he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever..He's got potential When you stop learning, you stop living.
My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to seewhat he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever..He's got potential
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This is a slight repeat, but maybe better directed this time. ..He's got potential
My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his
SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's
better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to see what he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been
doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the
knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really
gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a
compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting
edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the
research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go
out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear
Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever
This is a slight repeat, but maybe better directed this time. ..He's got potential
My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his
SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to see what he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the
knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever
When you stop learning, you stop living.
My son is really quite advanced. He's 15 right now and already planning to go to Berkeley, 2nd to wanting to go to Cornell. He already took his SAT's back in the 7th & 8th grade through a special program for advanced & gifted children, back in the 7th grade he got 1140. I was told that's better than the average H.S. senior. Then in the 8th grade he did it again, just to seewhat he could do, he did 1190. He's an A student. He's been doing programming since he was 12 and already knows about 7 diff languages. He just buys those 'thick text book' like books and sucks up the knowledge like a sponge. What gives him an adrenaline rush is coming up with an idea/theory and then figuring out a way to make it work, it really gives him a rush. He's already worked via the net for money doing debugging for some companies and programming for others. He even once got a compliment on some programming he did, by a professor at Caltech. What I'm concerned about is two things: 1) he really wants to be in on the cutting edge technology, that's why he thinks Berkeley is a good place for him, because they do a lot of research there. But from what I understand the research there is reserved for those in Graduate Programs. Is he looking in the wrong place? 2) We live in Washington State is it worth it for him to go out of state, To him he thinks a name is important on a resume, Is it that important? His step-father went to MIT, for graduate School for Nuclear Engineering, but it's $$$$. Bottom line I will support him for whatever or whereever ..He's got potential