What is an Early Entrance College Program?
For the purposes of this website, early entrance programs have 3 essential characteristics: They annually accept groups of students and the program results in them taking college courses for college credit at least a year before these students would typically enter college. The students no longer regularly attend classes at their previous school, and once engaged in full-time college studies they do not have class work that is intended to be below college level. The program provides a supportive environment and promotes socialization amongst students. So essentially these are programs that take bright students and accelerate them into full-time college studies while maintaining a supportive environment to help make sure they succeed. These programs can differ on a number of qualities but the most important are the age group towards which they are geared and the goal intended for those who complete the program. Typically early entrance program are geared toward students who would otherw
