Hi guys I am currently a junior in high school. I was wondering if I can spend my senior year in a college. What I mean is not skipping senior year and go directly to college. What I mean is instead of spending my senior year in my current high school, I want to spend it in a college so that I can have more freedom to select courses that I like. I’m still considered a high school student but study in a college. I’m happy to discuss with you if you have the same thoughts. Also, I want to know if any colleges offer a program like this.
What you’re talking about is dual enrollment, and is available in many states. In order to get hig school credit for classes taken at a college, you need to work with your guidance counselor to see if such a program exists for you and which nearby college(s) you could attend.
It’s also called pseo, concurrent enrollment, and running start depending on your state.
Go see your GC and ask how you could dual enrollment next year and how the credits would count toward HS graduation.
Note that you’d be expected to take 4 college classes per semester, including one each of science, math, Social science, foreign language, and English/composition/humanities.
Will your high school allow it? My homeschooled son was a full time college student in his senior year in high school, but he only took three courses per semester since the total units each semester was 12+, which is full time. Some courses such as Calculus and foreign languages are worth 5 units; some CS courses are 4 units, so full time could conceivably be 3 courses per semester.
My daughter chose to become homeschooled after the summer of junior year for the same reason. She wants the freedom to take all college courses instead of cramping for APs. She is a college dual enrollee and has taken 17 credits in the fall of 2017; again, she is taking 17 credits this semester (spring). She is very happy she does so. You need to decide if this is what you want and weight your pros and cons.
My junior is dual enrolled and will continue next year. I think it’s a great option for academically ahead homeschoolers and regular schoolers. Different states have different programs for this kind of thing. You might want to start by googling “dual enrollment statename” or maybe with a nearby college for you and see what you come up with. Our local colleges vary too for entry requirements.
I did it while homeschooled. Took courses in CS, physics, chemistry, math, and English.
Highly recommend it. Plus a high GPA in actual university classes looks good on an application. Sure, my homeschooling high school GPA was a 3.6, but my university classes were a 4.0 and that bolstered me. The college classes were a much better indicator of my performance in college to the universities I applied to.