Is it a good idea to send a 12 year old to college? I mean from a socialization, social maturity, etc. point of view?
No, it’s terrible.
We had a 14yo EEP (Early Entrance Program) in my ENG101 class at uni. He got a B on his first paper and freaked out in class. Never saw him again.
I remember reading a story about HS kids graduating and going to play pro baseball vs. go to college. They go into a business where they’re competing against 25-30 year old for a job. The older players will ply them with alcohol. Lot of parents want their kids to go to college and get it out of their system.
Google Matt Bush.
She lives in Arizona. She’s probably using online courses and maybe mom/dad will drive her to her labs, etc
Kid will be out of college by the time kids could attend class again.
Safer than sending her to the White House.
My son went to school with such a student. He was a normally socialized, likable kid - down to earth. even though he was done with high school math by the 5th grade, it never went to his head and no one treated him as an oddball. He and my son were friends for many years. Went to college at age 13 - full freight scholarship. Had a good attitude about the age difference he faced. Made lots of friends at college; purposely stayed away from weekend partying. Graduated from medical school with high honors at age 21. Ended up going into medical research. His mother is a physician and his father is an economist/mathematician. I know them both. He has other siblings who are very sharp too, but not at the prodigy level. That probably helped him in his adjustment - he is in the middle and had to live with them when his school was miles ahead of his siblings. The family is very nice. not stuck up, do not come off as “know it all” or nerds. In fact it is quite the opposite - they learn from others. Their casualness - you’d almost think they were county folk. A lot has to do with the parents and their home. I hope this girl is the same, shecwould be a great contributor in our society some day.
It is not.
Even more so as the colleges are now hell-holes of debauchery.