<p>Currently I am in my junior year of High School, and will be turning 17 here in February. Almost all of my credits will be completed here. I talked to my principal and she said Anyone who has the opportunity for dual enrollment should take it; if you dont then it was not a very wise decision. </p>
<p>Which, I do have the opportunity. I applied to Lansing Community College for fall 2011 semester and was accepted. I live in the upper peninsula of Michigan however though My plan was to move to Lansing and get an apartment for rent. (Which I found many that I would qualify for, with my roommate.) I have 4 years business experience in accounting, bookkeeping, etc. Behind me (including customer service, and minor management) I worked with my mom for all these years, and she has learned how responsible I am. I have shown her I can cook, clean, pay for my own vehicle, pay credit cards, gas, food, clothing etc. </p>
<p>But she wants to fight me on leaving, and moving down there that far Its kind of a pain being as I have shown how responsible I am, and how I can manage myself. I mainly want to do this Dual enrollment because I had slacked off in my freshman year and that killed my GPA completely- and if I went to community college universities would view that more instead of my high school years </p>
<p>I am 99% sure I will go no matter what she has to say . I really dont want to have to get the law involved in this (at 17 you can legally move out, cant be reported as a runaway, etc.)</p>
<p>Please give me some advice or tips on how to try to convince her better, or something.</p>
<p>Can’t you go to community college on the upper peninsula? I don’t think the community college in Lansing would be significantly better, so much so that you would have to move there to attend. Also, I’m not sure if your dual enrollment is different or something, but in my school district you just take one or two classes at college, but not the whole schedule. Like they let you out for a block to go to one of the local colleges. I think if you moved to Lansing that would be totally different. </p>
<p>Couldn’t you just wait another year and go to Lansing for MSU?</p>
<p>Normally for dual enrollment, you do only go for a few classes… I however will only have about one High School credit left needed to graduate (Algebra II). I want to do the dual enrollment to show that My freshman year was really bad (did basically nothing the whole year.) It had demolished my GPA to the point that I could not even get into a 4 year Public University, which made me have to go to Community College for at least the first year or two, but the closest community college is still about two hours away… So I don’t know if I could even get in to MSU until after 2 years at a community college, especially when I don’t fully know what I want to go for yet. (Medical, Law, or Business)</p>
<p>Have you looked into taking your college classes online instead of on campus? I am a dual enrolled student too and the first classes that I ever took at community college were online. The online courses offer more flexibility and are not much different than an on campus class. If you took your classes online it would please your mother and still allow you to take the classes that you want to take =)</p>
<p>Yeah, I kind of have. They do offer a lot of what I want, but sometimes online can be harder. Currently I am in 5 Online high school classes, and only in 3 actual class rooms, and it’s very easy to get off track and not do your class for the day. Do most colleges online offer something like Michigan Virtual University (blackboard) [I don’t know if you know what this is or not]? :)</p>
<p>I have the same thing =) Five online high school courses and two on campus college classes. Blackboard is the system I use, too. The classes I took online were computer tutorial classes or lecture heavy classes that were recorded. The benefit to these classes are that they are mostly open note and there are fewer tests and quizzes (that was the case for me, anyway). What I recommend doing is checking out the professors on Ratemyprofessor.com before signing up for the classes. This is what I do and it has worked out pretty well so far. </p>
<p>I think most colleges offer online course but I’m not sure about all of them…</p>
<p>Sometimes, but I have a really good relationship with my parents. And I really like where I live I also don’t mind not having to pay bills and stuff…I live in a pretty expensive area.</p>
<p>Because I don’t hardly see my parents anyways, so I might as well be living on my own… I have also thought about early graduation (but this would require 4 online summer classes) and the only reason I thought of this is because I would like my grandpa, and Grandma at the graduation… I don’t know if they will make it another year so it would be nice to do that too :)</p>
Do most colleges online offer something like Michigan Virtual University (blackboard) [I don’t know if you know what this is or not]? :)</p>