Early Entry

Guten tag, everyone.

    Today, I would like to speak on a subject that is of particular interest  to myself: Early Entry. For sixty-one years now, Shimer has been accepting students who have not yet graduated from high school, and turning them into Shimerians. This Early Entrant Program is no college-prep course; it is a full-blown Shimer education, with all the privileges that come with that.

    Generally, high-school students in their sophomore and junior years apply to the Early Entrant Program, then attend during what would otherwise be their junior/senior year(s) of high-school.  As an early entrant myself, I can say without guile that there is absolutely no condescension or sense of superiority from any of the other students or facilitators. Simply put, other than some extra paperwork, you are an ordinary student, albeit at an extraordinary college, with an incredible community. Personally, this program has done a lot for me, including but not limited to rescuing me from what I see as a somewhat-less-than-satistactory education. So, while my opinion is obviously biased, I can recommend the Early Entrant Program without reservation.

Sine cera,

Isaac.

Comments

[Alexandra Rosenberg]

No condescension! I'll try harder.

Seriously, though, this is a good point, Isaac. And some of our most successful, and interesting, alumni come from the early entrant program:

Peter Cooley, 1962, poet
Steve Heller, 1971, programmer and author
Robert Keohane, 1961, international relations theorist
Kenneth Knabb, 1965, writer and translator
Laurie Spiegel, 1967, electronic composer
Sydney Spiesel, 1961, pediatrician and clinical professor
Elizabeth Vandiver, 1976, professor of classics
Catherine Yronwode, 1965, writer and editor

Which can be found at the Wikipedia page of Shimer's Early Entrant Program:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_entrance_at_Shimer_College