The outcomes depend on how much and when the students were accelerated in school.
ETA:
The two extremes:
“… 17 of the 60 young people were radically accelerated. None has regrets. Indeed, several say they would probably have preferred to accelerate still further or to have started earlier…. The majority entered college between ages 11 and 15. Several won scholarships to attend prestigious universi- ties in Australia or overseas. All have graduated with extremely high grades and, in most cases, university prizes for exemplary achieve- ment. All 17 are characterized by a passionate love of learning and almost all have gone on to obtain their Ph.D.s.”
“The remaining 33 young people were retained, for the duration of their schooling,… Two dropped out of high school and a number have dropped out of university. Several more have had ongoing difficul- ties at university,…”
Based on this HN comment [1] it appears the participants have been anonymized. It also quotes some of Terrence Tao’s education and makes a claim there was someone else who may have equaled Tao in math ability, but did not have the educational support structure to recognize and nurture it.
It's great to see the positive outcomes of acceleration. I saw so many kids burn out on accelerated programs, and have generally become cautious about them.
It's also nice to know that 2 years was enough for positive lives even for the "genius" children, which sets a sort of upper bound!
An excerpt can be found here: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746290.pdf
The outcomes depend on how much and when the students were accelerated in school.
ETA:
The two extremes:
“… 17 of the 60 young people were radically accelerated. None has regrets. Indeed, several say they would probably have preferred to accelerate still further or to have started earlier…. The majority entered college between ages 11 and 15. Several won scholarships to attend prestigious universi- ties in Australia or overseas. All have graduated with extremely high grades and, in most cases, university prizes for exemplary achieve- ment. All 17 are characterized by a passionate love of learning and almost all have gone on to obtain their Ph.D.s.”
“The remaining 33 young people were retained, for the duration of their schooling,… Two dropped out of high school and a number have dropped out of university. Several more have had ongoing difficul- ties at university,…”
Based on this HN comment [1] it appears the participants have been anonymized. It also quotes some of Terrence Tao’s education and makes a claim there was someone else who may have equaled Tao in math ability, but did not have the educational support structure to recognize and nurture it.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11510032