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by rafram 510 days ago
It's more possible than you'd think! The options are basically:

- Go to a fancy private school like Phillips Exeter

- Really luck out and get into a great public STEM magnet school

- Homeschool and take private classes / have very smart parents
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cbmamolo 510 days ago
All I did was provide him the space and time to work on the project ... his parents funded the entire project, but will get reimbursement soon. It's the great minds, and the desire to have meaningful projects that make Exeter such an awesome place. Byran is one of a kind!!!!
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rafram 510 days ago
Oh, or:

- Concurrently enroll at a community college (a really great option that I think every country should have)

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jogu 510 days ago
I tested out of high school and went to community college instead, one of the best decisions of my life.
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notnaut 510 days ago
Some public schools in very wealthy counties will teach some basic quantum mechanics in honors/AP classes, too. All you have to do is acquire parents that can afford the shittiest neighborhood in those districts!
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anonzzzies 510 days ago
They did in mine in the Netherlands. Also electronics and programming (this was a long time ago so it was all pretty new); it was a special class to prep for university more than the regular curriculum does, but it was a public school and not even a very good one; just a few really good and switched on teachers (physics, math and chem).
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2muchcoffeeman 510 days ago
Can't tell if this is sarcasm.
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rafram 510 days ago
The community college option is available to anyone who’s willing to spend a couple evenings a week taking classes, so I don’t think it’s really that out of reach. Most countries don’t offer their high school students any opportunity to study material that advanced.
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2muchcoffeeman 510 days ago
Your first 3 options are mostly “be born to the right parents”. So I couldn’t tell if your remark of “it’s more possible than you’d think!” Was serious or not.

Hell I went to a really selective school. But even then, within that the top students, whom I was not one, got to do some extra stuff that would have greatly interested me and I would have been able to do. But my grades in humanities weren’t good enough to be one of the best.

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ericjmorey 510 days ago
Community college course options often won't include quantum mechanics.
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