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The early entrance program at Shimer College, known at different times as the Early Entrant Program and Early Entrance Program, is a program that allows high school students to go to college early. Early entrants at Shimer are admitted as regular college students after completing at least two years of high school, but before receiving a high school diploma or GED. Begun with the conversion of Shimer to a Great Books curriculum in 1950, this program is the longest-running college early entrance program in the United States.〔 Early entrants, who have historically made up about 20% of the student body, participate in the school's discussion-based Great Books curriculum as equals with other students.〔 Although for many years early entrants were governed by the same open admissions policy as other Shimer applicants, currently they must show that they are in the top 25% according to at least one quantitative metric. Many of the school's most distinguished 20th-century alumni have been early entrants. As of 2008, early entrants accounted for 16% of Shimer College enrollment. ==Academics== Early entrants participate in the same courses, and are graded on the same scale, as all other Shimer students.〔 All Shimer students go through a four-year core curriculum of Great Books discussion classes. No classes have more than 12 students. In addition, students take electives and tutorials, which are available both from Shimer faculty and from the three schools with which Shimer has an articulation agreement: Illinois Institute of Technology, Vandercook College of Music, and Harold Washington College. Early entrants also have equal access to the specialized curricular offerings of the college. These include the biennial study abroad program at Oxford University and a 6-year accelerated JD program offered in cooperation with Chicago-Kent College of Law. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Early entrance at Shimer College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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