school years = how old is hermione??

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28134

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Barb" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
> On a marginally-related topic, there is now a required minimum age
> for entry to U.S. colleges/universities (unfortunately I cannot
> remember whether it is 10 or 12 years of age) because of there
> being younger students (child prodigies) who were being admitted
> who were not emotionally ready for the academic rigor.

I'm afraid this is not the case.  There is no binding authority to
compel all the U.S. universities and colleges to set a minimum age.

Here's a student who began Randolph-Macon University at age 10:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/whizkid000620.html

And here's a 9 yr. old at Loyola University - Chicago:
http://www.luc.edu/news/releases/news/sho3.html

Although my parents and I chose to decline the opportunity, I myself
was offered to start at Johns Hopkins University in conjunction with
the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth as a 13 yr. old back
in 1982 when this sort of acceleration was far less common....

....Craig