So, I just wanted to know if it takes away or is beneficial to be done with core classes before starting the year. I go to a small local college so many of my friends have classes with each other but I have History, Composition, Basic Speech, Math, and a few other classes already completed through AP and JS. On the brightside, I will spend more time in my specific majors which I guess is a good thing because I’ll be with like minded people but likely they will be 2-3 years older.
Too much HS mentality or what should i be thinking?
True @readingclaygirl But I don’t have one 1000 level course and I am one of like a handful of students who actually transferred in with credit so I doubt that there will be any other freshman
Oh well. There will be freshman in your dorm for you to befriend. If you act mature enough and seem smart and interested, your classmates will look over the age issue and see a good person
@readingclaygirl Unfortunately I commute so that isn’t an option, maybe clubs although its limited in Community College @Vctory Definitely won’t retake just looking for suggestions on how to be more comfortable
My minor is group project intensive and can only be started when you reach junior standing. Thanks to AP classes, I was able to start taking classes in my minor my freshman spring semester. People in my groups were surprised if they found out my age, but when they saw I could more than pull my own weight it was a non-issue and literally no one cared.
And personally, I prefer working with upperclassmen because they generally have a much better handle on balancing schoolwork and the freedom college allows, and care a little bit more about doing well in classes. Not all freshmen are slackers/don’t care/are too busy partying to do work etc of course, but in my experience it’s almost always the freshmen who are.
In short, don’t worry about your age because no one else does, be glad you get to start your major early, and know you’re not missing much in those freshmen classes.
Thanks @Heytheredelila My majors are also group project intensive (from what I’ve heard) so that was a big part of my worry. I can definitely pull my weight
Rising sophomore here with a slightly different experience, but still relevant.
Last year, I was in sophomore/junior level math and CS. Spring semester, I was the student grader (paid job) for a CS course where the vast majority of students were sophomores and juniors, and was also the only freshman in my math class. It hasn’t been a problem for me at all. Most people don’t know what year I am unless I tell them; they don’t ask because nobody cares how old you are. I’ve made friends with a lot of sophomores because of my situation.
College isn’t quite like high school, where classes are rigidly organized by grade and if there is a student in a different grade, everyone knows. Most students will have no idea what year you are, and unless you happen to know the details of everyone else’s academic record, I highly doubt you are the only student who has come in with transfer credits. It’s really not that big of a deal.
But to be fair, I went to a school where it was fairly common for students to come in with AP/transfer credit and the top students came in with a lot of credit, so I might be coming in from a different perspective. I took upper-division classes as a first year and was a TA for upper-division classes as a second year, and it was never an issue.
