Please provide as much detail as you are comfortable sharing in your responses and return your completed questionnaire to Dr. Michelle Muratori via email (mmuratori@jhu.edu), fax (410-735-6200), or mail (CTY/SET, McAuley Hall, 5801 Smith Ave., Ste. 400, Baltimore, MD 21209). Thank you very much for participating in this project!
1. At what age did your child enter EEP and what grade level had he/she completed prior to entering EEP?
2. Please explain the reasons your child entered college early.
3. Did you have any concerns about your child pursuing this path? If so, what were they?
4. In your view, how did your child adjust to the academic demands of college?
5. How did your child adjust socially and emotionally?
6. Obviously, you supported your child's decision to enter EEP with the expectation that he/she would succeed. What is your definition of "success" in this particular context? Has your child achieved success?
7. If your child achieved success, what personal qualities/characteristics (e.g., ability to focus, maturity) and environmental/external influences (e.g., support from parents, mentoring) contributed to his/her success?
8. If your child encountered difficulty or was not as successful as you had hoped, what personal qualities/characteristics (e.g., poor study habits or organizational skills) and environmental/external influences (e.g., distractions in the residence hall) detracted from his/her success?
9. Please complete the following sentence: A student should not consider entering college early on a full-time basis if he/she:
10. What advice can you offer parents of prospective early entrants?
11. If you had it to do over again, would you allow your child to enter college early full-time?
Yes _____ No _____ Unsure_____
Explain:
12. Additional comments: