<p>Hi everyone :) Thank you so much for even opening this thread and reading it.
So, I am in a bit of a dilemna. I am considering either graduating early (at 16) or doing dual enrollment next year at a college.</p>
<p>Graduating early- would it harm me or look good? I don't want to get into my whole application, but I basically have good grades, and decent ECs.</p>
<p>However, I know my teachers from this year would write me better recommendation letters than the ones i asked from last year.</p>
<p>Then again, I'm kinda over the whole high school experience.</p>
<p>Advice?</p>
<p>What would you do if you don’t dual-enroll? Would you take a Gap Year, or would you want to start college right away?</p>
<p>If you attend any college after graduating from high school, most colleges will consider you to be a transfer applicant instead of a freshman applicant. But most will still consider you a freshman applicant even if you take college courses before high school graduation.</p>
<p>I’d probably go to college right away. My parents don’t believe in gap years and I’m not sure what I would be able to do anyways. Thanks for your reply!</p>
<p>Thank you! But I suppose it would be harder to get in into college if I’m a transfer applicant? -_-</p>
<p>Any more advice anyone please? :(</p>
<p>Hi! I am dual-enrolling this year myself and it’s very nice. It helps give a nice transition from the high school scene to the college scene. I didn’t want to graduate early because I didn’t want to miss my last year experience. Prom, Homecoming, Choir, my friends. I wanted to be more normal. I am basically taking a bunch of easy classes this year and so my senior year is breezing by pretty quick and also it’s nice that I can get some college credit to send to the real college I want to go to. Also make sure that you have the right high school credits in order to apply to the college you want to dual-enroll at. You’re only young once.</p>
<p>EDIT: And of course make sure you have the money for it.</p>
<p>I took the dual enrollment path many years ago (there were no AP courses at the time) and I think it is a good idea if you can manage the schedule. You get a feeling about what a real college course is like and that will help you adjust to being in college later. There is no need to rush through high school to start college at 16.</p>
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<p>Many state universities accept a lot of transfer students, but private universities tend to take far fewer relative to their freshman intake (though it varies by school). Also, financial aid may be less available at the private universities, and merit scholarships may be less available at all of the universities, for transfer students, compared to freshmen. Also, schools with unusual curricula may not accept transfers at all due to the difficulty of handling transfers into an unusual curriculum.</p>
<p>In other words, having to apply as a transfer student may result in limiting the realistic choices of schools compared to applying as a freshman.</p>