But What About the Prom? Students' Perceptions of Early College Entrance

Abstract

The Early Entrance Program at the University of Washington enables bright and highly motivated adolescents to enter the University of Washington without attending high school. Previous research indicates that students do well academically at the UW, with grade point averages much higher than those earned by regular-age students, and that they adjust well to college life. This study exaimined student perceptions of early college entrance, focusing on the reasons students choose this unusual educational option; their experiences with peers, regular age students, and professors; and the effect of skipping high school on their social, emotional, and intellectual development.

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“…When one differs from one's age-peers so profoundly and in so many respects, intellectually, academically, emotionally and in one's interests and values… friendship can be difficult to achieve or sustain (p. 280). Noble and Drummond (1992) observed similar circumstances in other gifted students who had not been accelerated. They become emotionally isolated and intellectually stagnant; as one former student said, "it's like going through every day in a slow motion movie" (p. 106).…”

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“…Noble and Drummond's (1992) study also revealed that most of the students (n = 17) in the EEP cited boredom as a major contributor to their unhappiness in junior high. Slightly over half of the students (n = 15) enrolled in the EEP because they wanted a challenge and the Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi] at 07:45 22 December 2014 opportunity to accelerate their educations could be realized.…”

“…Postsecondary enrollment options programs offered by colleges come in a variety of forms. The Early Entrance Program (EEP) was created at the University of Washington (UW) in 1977 to enable bright and highly motivated students to bypass high school and matriculate directly into the UW (Noble & Drummond, 1992), provided they successfully completed transition school, a 1-year self-contained academic preparatory program. In 1990, a partnership was formed between Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) and Westover Senior High School, which was designed to unify them with business, industry, and the community in a cooperative effort.…”

“…In a study conducted by Noble and Drummond (1992), 24 EEP students were interviewed concerning the students' experiences of the program. The study revealed that 14 students said their parents had been initially afraid that the program experience would harm their children academically or socially.…”

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“…Focusing specifically on early college entrance at the University of Washington's Early Entrance Program (EEP), Noble and Drummond (1992) conducted a qualitative ethnographic study of EEP, which enables bright and highly motivated students to bypass high school completely and matriculate through a Transition School program directly to the university. The study addressed the following research question: how do EEP students fare at the university?…”