It’s not that the classes are harder, exactly. They are deeper, broader, and more engaging than a regular curriculum. They’ll ask you to think about things in challenging ways that perhaps you’re not used to. The fact that your grades weren’t all that great along the way is frankly irrelevant. Perhaps the material didn’t interest you or challenge you in a good way–like why study something that seems obvious, right? Also, hopefully, stuff that’s easy will be telescoped (you’ll move through it quickly) to the stuff that’s really interesting. You’ll find that there are other kids like you, so stuff you find interesting will be interesting to them as well–or different stuff but with the same intensity, if that makes sense.

Anyway, I think you can tell that I’m all for it. Good luck with this new chapter–I bet you have a blast.

Einstein couldn’t tie his shoes.