I did my bachelor&#x27;s from ages 14-18; there&#x27;s some things that you can&#x27;t really do (frat parties) but most of the social opportunities are open to you. It helps to make friends if you are in a group-centric major - I was a chemist, so lots of long hours in the lab with cool people. There&#x27;s been some questions about whether the parents push too hard in these sorts of cases; for me, I was definitely motivated more by my own desire to get out in the world and start getting real things done. This isn&#x27;t always a productive desire - I wish I&#x27;d taken the time to learn more about the stuff that grew to interest me later (math&#x2F;CS), instead of blitzing through all my chem requirements. I guess for other people doing the same thing the only advice I&#x27;d have is that while the cliche is that life is short, it&#x27;s really longer than you think it is at that age and you shouldn&#x27;t feel like you need to rush in order to maintain a position in some sort of race. It&#x27;s not bad to progress fast, just make sure it isn&#x27;t at the expense of finding what you really love to do.