<p>I would like to have my AA degree after my final two years of high school, therefore graduating with an AA degree and my high school diploma. Will this affect my chances of being accepted into colleges? </p>
<p>I read threads previously, but most were only concerned about a limited amount of college courses and not a full AA degree. I noted that high school students with a certain amount of college credits would be considered a transfer rather than a freshman and that worries me.</p>
<p>You’re right that freshman admission is easier in the top colleges than transfer admission.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. My son took just over 100 credits at the community college dual-enrollment while homeschooling. The CC transcripts were part of his applications packet. He was at least waitlisted at every school as a freshman (Rice, Harvey Mudd, Caltech, Wash U, Colo College), so he had no trouble with excess college classes. He did actually get his AS before high school graduation. I asked his chosen four-year school if they cared if he got his AS, and they did not. The way I understood it was that as long as all his classes were taken before high school graduation and counted on his high school transcript, he would be considered as a freshman. Fortunately, we did not get burned.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, other people have had different stories. Someone told me that a four-year she was looking at had a limit of number of credit hours TOTAL. Someone else told me that a four-year he was looking at had a limit of number of credit hours PER SEMESTER.</p>
<p>So the moral of the story is, you need to ask a few colleges that you might consider going away to how they feel about it. Oddly enough, of the 6 - 8 top schools I talked to several years before embarking on this path, I got unanimous answers that “as long as all his classes were taken before high school graduation and counted on his high school transcript, he would be considered as a freshman”. It was only way after it would have been too late that I heard any different stories.</p>
<p>You might also find more about dual enrollment classes on the homeschooling forums.</p>