Early Admissions

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<p>Okay, long story short, I have been a Dual Enrollment student since my freshman year of high school - meaning that I have been both a high school and college student for the entirety of my high school career. I am now ending my junior year of high school and will begin my "senior year" in August. BUT, I have already fulfilled all of my high school graduation requirements, so it has been determined that I should continue being a college student through "Early Admissions" at the college that I have been attending. I will be a full-time student there starting in August up until May of 2012. I have a few questions:</p>

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<li><p>Are colleges (such a University of South Florida, University of Florida, etc..) impressed by a student who has graduated with their high school diploma and Associate of Arts degree simultaneously?</p></li>
<li><p>Are colleges impressed by Dual Enrolled students at all? Does it effect my chances of being accepted?</p></li>
<li><p>Do colleges look down on Early Admission students, or is this also an impressive aspect to them?</p></li>
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<p>I am going to be an Early Admission student, regardless of any answers I receive - I have already applied. I have hated high school the entire time I have been enrolled in it and have worked hard to be able to spend my senior year in the college environment. I would love to get some answers to these questions, though. :) I've just been wondering about them. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<li><p>I was a dual enrollment student that got my AA and HS diploma together and UF admitted me and several other DE students I know, though I didn’t attend. They will take the two years of credits, so that’s very helpful.</p></li>
<li><p>If it is the most challenging course load offered by your school, then yes. I was a full-time DE student and got into Notre Dame, and interviewers from other schools said that it was impressive and helped me stand out.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t imagine they would, though I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “Early Admission.” Are you still a dual enrollment student, or will you graduate high school before applying to colleges? If you remain a HS-AA enrolled student, then I don’t think it could hurt you (though I’m sure there are some schools unfamiliar with such programs), but if you graduated HS early to go to a CC, then you would have to be a transfer student, which could hurt.</p></li>
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<p>By Early Admissions, I mean that I will still be technically enrolled in my high school, but I will not attend any classes there. I will attend the college full-time, but still graduate with my high school class (2012). :slight_smile: Did that make any sense? Haha!</p>