HOW TO SKIP A GRADE

An age-grouped guide for how to skip a grade. for those with A+ to B- Grades or those bored in school. This guide has been presented at Harvard and at 4 Academic Conferences with heavy research and feedback. Please make sure to account for psychosocial and dynamic factors for grade skipping. Here's how to skip a grade (resources; cool hobbies; and sleep easily managed affordably and without at-home parents *although it helps). No grade-skipping exam needed! No fear of missing essential content that a kid could use later on in life (like knowing the states when google maps isn't working).

MORE THAN A MILLION CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA ALONE ARE READY TO SKIP A GRADE.
THIS WOULD SAVE THE U.S. BILLIONS AND ALLOW FOR STEM MAJORS TO GRADUATE EARLIER, BE ENTERTAINED, AND INCREASE THEIR SELF ESTEEM. MORE TIME FOR PHDS,
MDS, JDS, MASTERS, FAMILY, AND ENJOYING LIFE. FREE COLLEGE TUITION; EASIER ACCESS TO IVYS; MAKE NEWS HEADLINES; AND NO NEED FOR DEPENDING ON SAT/ACT/AP EXAMS OR EXPENSIVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. PETITION AND SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S RIGHT TO ADVANCEMENT. 

Approaches by Age Group
Ages 3-6:
1. Petition for age 4 or 5 entrance via district
2. Enroll in online kindergarten at age 4 to allow for early 1st grade entry
3. Do not "red-shirt" or hold child back. Districts only do this to raise standardized test scores.
4. Integrate IPAD or IPHONE if desired with list of learning-focused videos. Always aim for 1-2 years higher in age for learning content.
Ages 6-8:
1. Dual enroll in online courses 1 year above; allow them to remain in school.
The following year; allow them to advance 1 year above. If socially uncomfortable; continue the next year at school along with another higher year online (this can cost $200 per course). 
2. If you want to fully homeschool (100% free) make sure someone is always at home as monitor.
3. Enroll in 1-2 year higher social groups to aid in psychosocial aging. 
4. Online grades can be finished in as little as 1-3 months with monitoring; allowing for advancement for as many years as desired.
5. Pause at the level that meets your child's development or level of understanding. 
Ages 8-10:
1. By age 8 students can enroll in middle school courses and some high school courses.
2. As content becomes difficult; google free tutoring resources in area.
3. Allow student to study non-graded content at a college-level that they like (youtube anatomy courses, physics courses, astronomy courses and more from Berkley, Harvard, MIT)
Ages 10-12:1. By age 12 students can learn all high school content to achieve diploma (sometimes by age 10!) with the help of free tutoring. Online schools have daily coaches as well.
2. Once in high school; student can dual enroll into a 2 or 4 year college and finish both high school classes AND college requisites within combined credit classes.
3. Ensure student is in high school and college level social activities by engaging them in more independent activities such as volunteering, starting a business, and attending group events.
4. Dual enrolled students have reduced or free tuition up to 3-7 classes a quarter/semester. 
Ages 12-14:
1. Shift student's focus to their own hobby via college extracurriculars and courses.
2. Engage daily mentoring from college student to ensure motivation and social devlopment.
3. Allow student to study in library rather than at home to boost independence and internal motivation to study.
4. This is the prime age for mastering hobbies by adulthood; ensure that are involved or have sought local sports; arts; and academic teams. 1-3 items is good. Continue volunteering and have them do a personal project that involves researching a subject and reading 5-10 text books about it. 
5. Traditional students can dual enroll and finish remaining high school courses online within a year and begin college the following year.
Ages 14-16:
1. Ensure or switch to a highschool with dual enrollment where student can attend live college courses to finish diploma and 2 year degree together.
2. Hire a gifted education counselor or do enough research to plan for finishing prereqs for graduate schools or for finishing a 4 year degree in 2 years while also in highschool.
3. If only finished 2 year degree; apply as a transfer to a university and finish remainder in 1 year by taking less important courses online at other schools or during summers.
4. Ensure student has tutor if below a B in any exam. 
5. Provide student time to pursue masters or run business/nonprofit or travel before graduate school if finished with college early.
Age 16-18:
1. Traditional students can dual enroll and finish remaining high school courses online within a year and begin college the following year.
2. College can be finished in 2-3 years. Ensure student takes required graduate school exam and has at least 3000 hours or 15 unique volunteer/work/hobby experiences regarding graduate school.
3. Allow student to focus on their own interests via PhD-level textbooks and licensing exam videos (USMLE,,BAR, CFA etc). 
4. Some PhDs can be finished in 2 years. Some masters in 1. But MDs and JDs are always 3-4 years.
Age 18-22:
1. Skip years in college via enrolling in a 2nd cheaper college for easier classes (or online college).
2. Finish all graduate school prereqs and entrance exams by summer of 1st/2nd year.
3. Use saved 1-2 years to finish a 1 year masters or begin graduate school early. 

Below are resources provided to execute the actions from the presentation.
For younger children add monitoring via an affordable babysitter, parent during at home hours, college-level family member skyping/monitoring screen while they also study, live-in college student with reduced rent while they also study (free tutoring!)
Online K-12: www.keystoneschoolonline.com
Resources: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/; 
File a Business/Nonprofit: https://www.legalzoom.com/sem/biz/business-formation
Website w/out coding: www.squarespace.com
Social Media Designs: www.canva.com
Find Lectures: www.youtube.com (or google "_____ lecture series")
Dual Enrollment Programs: Search dual enrollment in your district
Publish/print/ship books on amazon for free without daily efforts: createspace.com
Hire contractors for the business: upwork.com, freelancer.com, fiverr.com
Make an app: appypie.com (google for more!)
Local age-level groups: Meetup.com
Babysitter: ww.Care.com
 

How to Skip 8th Grade

So you're in 7th or 8th grade and already figured out how to do well; but just don't want to keep waiting around for high school (or spend 5 years there!). You've probably clicked on a ton of links none of which actually tell to exactly how to do it. No worries; Merry Christmas or Happy Summer; below are the exact steps and costs for skipping 8th grade like a breeze. You can literally start this instant and be done with 8th grade by the end of this month (and 9th, 10th, onward if you want to be honest).

Step 1: What grade are you in? How many grades do you want to skip? What's the end goal? Where in classes are you right now? Are you in 7th grade? Half way through 8th? Know this so you can gauge the credit you will receive. If you are in 7th grade; all is clear you'll be done with 8th by following step 2 and 3. If you are in 8th grade; you can continue your semester or leave the school and re-enroll when you are done with 8th grade via step 2 (to begin 9th). Make sure you know your own goals because skipping grades is a slippery slope. Stop when things get too hard. Watch how much time you invest in education. You don't need a tutor; but you might want to seek support from your parents or family that are home after school or via a program like ours that coaches daily for this purpose. And have a social life with groups in years older to you via sports, art, music to help support your development just as a young student. The reality is that middle school makes less than a tiny bump of change to the human and professional you become (really; we've even known kids who've come from little to no support from home to succeed via a grade skip. We even have a non profit that does just this in Boston). Read our other blogs about more grade skipping later on (while still living up that high school and college life :) ). Know the exact classes you need to graduate from your middle school by googling your school district middle school graduation policies online. 

Step 2: The Actual 8th Grade Skip We've made this step so easy that I literally will link this website and write 3 more sentences to make it happen. It's like magic, but we also need you to have a pencil, paper, and discipline to study at least 4 hours a day on weekdays. Here we go (drum sounds please). The best site we know so far (where the credit is accepted everywhere and this kids even get accepted to IVY Leagues more easily) where you can sign up this instant and get credit for the entire 8th grade in less than a month is: http://www.keystoneschoolonline.com/middle-school/getting-started.html

Click on enroll online (there's even an option for cheaper payment plans; but the money saved be a grade skip is seen by the rise in scholarships a grade skipper typically gets compared to their peers). Click these links to buy the courses (only $399 for a year's worth of a class; usually the government pays up to $10,000 for each grade you are in): Skip 8th Grade English,Skip 8th Grade Math (if already done; Algebra 1 is offered also), Skip 8th Grade Science, Skip 8th Grade History/Humanities, Skip 8th Grade Physical Education/PE, Skip 8th Grade Health, Skip 8th Grade Music or Skip 8th Grade Art. In sum, if you mainly just need english, math, history, PE/health, and an elective you can get away with skipping an entire grade for less than $2000 (cheaper than hiring a tutor or program for grade skipping exams and a year more of work productivity/ higher shot at scholarships). Even if you and your family have trouble covering this amount the second option is easy. When you leave 7th grade during the summer, you can simply have the government cover your 8th grade tuition in a public online program (just google K12 online) and finish 8th grade over the summer FOR FREE. That's right skip 8th grade FOR FREE and save a ton of money later on as well. You may have to wait a week and get some signatures to be enrolled but they also offer free tutoring! Usually this is more than enough courses for your 8th grade credits. More are available as well such as Spanish. Read our blog on how to learn languages faster soon. 

Step 3: Re-enroll. Make sure to re-enroll in your school district if all you wanted was to skip a grade. Hey; if you like grade skipping than keep at it (because you can probably finish high school in 3 months or so too). Then enjoy your life; sleep in more; and have more hobbies that define who you truly are (rather than stick to a system that teaches you more nonsense math than it does purposeful tax/finances).  Keep working hard and look out for more blogs to become a renowned grade skipper (one who makes it big in life). We will have your back. 

      One question we get a lot is "how early can I begin college". This usually comes from eager 12-16 year olds with a niche for education but no knowledge of how to take the system to it's advantage. The truth is that any amazing human being with an IQ ranging from average to "straight-up brilliant" (although we prefer to measure hard work over IQ at any point) can begin college as early as 12. The reality is that kids are fast learners and even faster adapters. 

     So how come 12? Why the magic number. The reality is that by age 12 usually the discipline that the school system or parents alone want to bring finally exists. Most 12 year olds (girls sometimes more so than boys) usually have their own selected hobbies and interests. Some 12 year olds even already know they are going to be doctors; really! Ask your doctor when you see them if they know anyone who knew that early. At the age of 12 a student is also ready to communicate and learn flexibly; and has already dealt with those long days of homework. Obviously no 12 year old can walk into a college classroom and fit in. But our program exists not to help someone fit in; but to get where they need to go at the pace they want.

     A 12 year old would need to either be homeschools (an impossibility for 99% of parents!) or dual enrolled. We personally know that dual enrollment works wonders. You would begin with a online academy that is private like key stone academy and have your 12 year old self (or your child) enroll in courses in the grade above. Usually a year can be finished in as little as 3 months; allowing most of high school classes to be finished rather quickly. This is tough for students who do not have discipline; but the environment can be built rather quickly. 

   This is where we step in. To get done with high school courses; you sometimes can finish just up to 10th Grade and then begin dual enrollment of high school and college courses where a single college course provides credit for both (allowing you to graduate college with a full high school diploma). We provide the daily structure and enhancements needed to both motivate and allow a kid from age 12-16 to enter college early by teaching them how to prepare for college and high school exams in as little as a day (where for most it would take a week). This can only be done via daily coaching (not tutoring) as problems are found and fixed every day. We build the habit; so another young prodigy can finally pave their own route in education. Stay tuned for our next blog on why your child should or should not skip grades.