<p>It shouldn’t make a difference for admission purposes, but it will likely matter if your expectation is to receive credit for the course. Many colleges are very picky about the transfer credits they accept, but if that’s not important to you then he can take it whenever and however he’d like. </p>
<p>Some state U’s have lists of approved community colleges from which they accept transfer credit - if he’s thinking of applying to his state U he might want to check that out. My kids had courses at no-name community colleges and it didn’t hurt them in the least for admissions, but they knew going in they were not likely to receive credit (and they didn’t).</p>