Freshman or Transfer Student?

I’m currently a Dual-Enrollment student and I’ve accomplished a majority of my Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies at a community college. I just have the 2019 Spring semester left before I’m done with the requirements. However, I won’t be getting my degree until after I graduate High school, so in mid or late June. Should I apply as a Freshman or a Transfer student? I’ve already applied as a Freshman to some places, so what should I do if I should’ve applied as a transfer student?

Thank you.

Freshman with college credits.

You should be fine, but taking college classes after HS graduation at a college other than your 4-year college may be frowned upon. If you aren’t taking any new classes (just wrapping up the spring semester) then yes, freshman with college credits.

You should be fine, but even if the credits are taken after hs, some schools consider you a freshman if you have under 24-26 credits being transferred in. Check.

I would have 60-64 credits, so a full Associate of Arts Degree from the College. Although that’s not including my possible Senior year AP credits (if I pass the 5 exams–Micro/Macroeconomics & Comparative Gov/U.S Gov and Chemistry)
I won’t be getting the official degree until I have my GED cause the Community College Admissions told me I need to submit a GED so I can have my A.A processed.

This would be 24 credits after high school graduation, not counting all those taken as dual degree credits and AP credits count as ‘pre-grad’ credits. You said these are dual degree credits and I assume the community college semester doesn’t match with the high school (or GED) awarding of the diploma. I think that’s fairly common.

If you apply as a freshman and that college doesn’t consider you a freshman, they’ll send the application to the transfer department, but I think you are a freshman applicant.

I am really confused here.

You are in high school with dual enrollment at the community college. You are also taking a number of AP courses at your high school. And you are also completing a GED.

If you will graduate with a high school diploma, there is no need to do a GED. In fact, you can’t do a GED if you have a high school diploma. The GED is for people who have dropped out of high school and now are too old to re-enroll. Your high school diploma alone should be enough for your community college to be able to process your A.A. Degree.

How many of the dual enrollment courses are applying toward your high school graduation requirements? When are you graduating from high school? December? June one week before the college graduation?

Would your community college apply any of your AP credits toward that A.A. Degree?

Sorry, I misspoke when I said GED. Let me correct myself: *High school Diploma. I would have 60-64 credit hours from the College to transfer (which includes AP credits from Freshman to Junior year of High school). However, my Senior AP credits will not be applied towards my A.A Degree since I would have enough credits already, plus I will be getting my A.A degree after I submit my FINISHED/COMPLETED High school transcript to the College. I will still be graduating at the same time as other Spring Graduates though. I will be Graduating May 21st from High School, so I will receive my diploma three weeks after, so early to mid June. I applied as a freshman, but now Im trying to figure out if I’m able to get out of on-campus housing due to financial issues and considering I would be entering as a Sophmore/Junior standing in the University I go to

You want to apply as a freshman because that is your best hope for merit scholarships.

If you have a ton of credits, then do look at Public Universities in your state so yuo will get the most credits for them

My D had a similar (yet different) scenario. We called the schools she was interested in and explained the situation. Sometimes it took 2 or 3 conversations with different people, but we eventually got the answer about how to apply for each school, and schools do each handle it differently. It also made a difference where she ultimately applied. I suggest you reach out to your top 5 schools and include your safety to see how they prefer you apply.

Will your classes be finished before you graduate high school, and you’ll just be waiting on graduation? If so, I would assume freshman. If your classes in the college continue past your high school graduation date, I would contact the schools where you are applying and ask them for clarification.