<p>Hi, I'm a rising senior at an Early College in North Carolina. I've been searching everywhere for stats of early college students and if taking college classes during high school gave them a significant boost in admissions. </p>
<p>For those who don't know, Early College is a program where high school students take college courses alongside high school classes and earn credits. By the end of my senior year, I will have my Associate's degree and my diploma.</p>
<p>Since my freshman year, I've taken 20 college classes and gained 58 credits. All my high school classes are Honors courses. My SAT is 1760(retaking this fall) and ACT is 29. I only need three more classes to graduate with my AA and 2 more high school classes for my diploma. my GPA(Unweighted) for college is a 3.818 and for high school it's a 4.0. I'm an African American female student, parents make $60k, neither have college degrees, and mother is going back to community college this fall.</p>
<p>Will colleges look at my college GPA and high school? Does college in high school give me a better chance of being admitted to a good school? Thanks, guys!</p>
<p>It sounds like you are planning for your future which honestly, colleges will really take into consideration.</p>
<p>Some competitive colleges will have lots of students like you who have taken their basics already and are ready to move on to their selected major. Just be prepared for that if you are applying at colleges that are really competitive. These competitive colleges will look at your GPA and test scores and compare them with other applicants and may have an applicant interview process. </p>
<p>My advice is if you have colleges picked out that you want to attend, apply as early as you can! Do not apply to just one college and always have a back-up plan in case you do not get in the college you really wanted.</p>
<p>If you are worried about the financials of attending college, like most students and/or parents are, I would apply for scholarships that are open to minorities (such as African Americans) and definitely apply for Federal Aid through the fafsa website. Also, you can search for different scholarship available through the state (just google 'college scholarship {name of state}) if you plan on staying in state for college.</p>
<p>Keep doing the best you can while you are taking the college courses during your senior year of high school. </p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I’ve been receiving letters from almost every Ivy except Columbia, and while my mom along with the rest of my family is psyched, I’m being realistic. My test scores aren’t stellar and neither are my ECs. Because my school is in NC, I can transfer my credits to any public North Carolina university and only spend 2 years getting my Bachelors instead of 4. So my credits would transfer to Chapel Hill, but not Duke because it’s private. I really want to go to Med school and looking at Pathology. UNC Chapel Hill is probably my best bet, and the school I’m focusing on now, but I’m still going to apply to some of the Ivies. </p>
<p>So even though my scores/ECs aren’t the best, will my college credits give me somewhat of a boost?</p>
<p>I don’t think you will get a boost at ivies or most private colleges. You need to get your scores up to be competitive at the elite schools. Also as you seem to know, your CC classes will not get you any credits at many private schools.</p>