See, that’s one of the things I’m unsure about. If I can get enough of the cost covered without federal aid, then I can just go dual enrolled. I guess I’ll have to see how it all plays out.
The annual cost of attendance is over $60,000. Even if you do manage $30,000 per year in aid, you would still need $30,000 in cash every year.
A year at SUNY with no aid at all is about $20,000. Public high school is free. That’s a lot of money you would be burning through…if you can somehow come up with it ( we could not.) that’s money you could use for medical school.
I know I sound like a broken record, but think this through.
Seriously, take a chill pill and concentrate on the now. You have NO idea what is going to happen in the next year or two. Freshman year of high school is easy, they want you to acclimate to HS. A 4.0 freshman year does not mean you are above your classmates or need some accelerated school for your Senior year. Concentrate on your Sophmore year only. These obsessions of yours are setting yourself up for failure. Please see your physician to address your anxiety.
I don’t mean I need advanced classes based off of freshman year. I was supposed to be in advanced math and science, but at my school, they split you into an “advanced” class, and a “normal” one, and in my class (16 people) there were not enough people ready for the advanced option to even warrant a separate class. I asked the 6th-grade math teacher (6th grade is when they decide which class you’re going to be in), and she told me that yes, I would have been in the advanced if not for class size. That’s mostly what I meant. And technically I should be going into my junior year but I was redshirted from kindergarten by my parents, as in I didn’t have to repeat a grade or anything.
And yes I have plenty of medical professionals crawling all over me. That’s part of where my interest in the whole medical field come from; I’ve seen a lot of it.
You don’t move to a 60k school because your home public decided not to offer an advanced class or two. You could pick up some online learning on the side. Some are free.
You’ve been working with med pros or volunteering in health delivery?
^ I think op means S/he’s been ill enough that they know doctors and developed an interest in the medical field.
Dual enrollment at a local school is typically free (although you generally have to pay for books). That rarely covers private schools such as Clarkson. See with your GC.
Dual enrollment will allow you to bypass the limitations of your school, depending on how many dual enrollment classes are allowed per semester. In particular it allows you to accelerate in a subject of choice since 1 college semester = 1 high school year and so you can cover a 2-year sequence in a year.
EMAIL the Clarkson school, ask whether their students when they apply are considered freshmen or transfers; get a definitive answer, because your ability to afford college rests on freshman status.
In addition: Ask how many in the past five years applied through Questbridge. If the number is below five (fewer than one per year) it’s not worth it to sacrifice Questbridge chances for a year at the Clarkson school.
The student above for instance says S/he’s “only paying $26,000”. Which is great and very generous from Clarkson, but if I’m not mistaken would be an impossible amount for your family to pay, especially since it’d cut into your ability to pay for college.
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Try to find the novel (and others) at your public library. The challenge isn’t for you to find it though, but to finish reading it by Sunday. Note that it’s not a YA novel but an adult novel meaning it’s likely a bit more difficult than what you’re used to reading (don’t know what novels and nonfiction you read in 9th grade).
It’ll give you something productive to do beside the mindful stroll taking pictures and hanging out on CC.
I’m going to an open house for TCS in the fall. All questions will be answered then.
How old are you? Since you mentioned you were red shirted what were your parents trying to gain?
- Can you explain how you will have 4 years of all 5 core subjects by the end of your junior year (If I recall that part correctly)?
- What do your parents think about spending $30,000 for the Clarkson School?
3 Are you 9th and 10th grade classes all honors (except for PE)
4 Besides math which if you do dual enrollment can take two in a year, what are you lacking in high school that you need to finish early?
5 What will you loose out on if you leave high school early such as fun activities, clubs, sports, band etc. Also it is one less year to focus on ways to show interest for medical school.
6 Can you do full time dual enrollment junior and senior year and is it free? Our books are free rentals here so for 1 year of dual enrollment (30 credits - I paid $40 for a lab book to write in)
7 If you were my kid I would really need to know that I wouldn’t be considered a transfer student after Clarkson and thus loose out on scholarship money for 3 years just to graduate early.
8 many states have a free virtual high school - have you looked into that?
I’m 15. So I would have been 4 entering kindergarten, and my parents thought that it would be harder on me socially to be in a class full of “big kids”.
- My school only requires 3 for math and science; I did one Spanish credit in 8th grade, and I could take summer school classes. I could take 2 PE classes one year, and I'd have my art and career and finance credits by 11th grade anyway.
- My parents are encouraging me to go if I can find some way to cover the rest of the cost
- My school does not have any honors courses available.
- I think I'd have all of my credits
- Well, stuff like speech and debate team, soccer, select vocal ensemble...that's about it. I could still focus on ways to show my interest in medical school. TCS is like instead of your senior year. So some people are enrolled in HS while at TCS. I would still have time.
- Full-time DE jr/sr year is not free. it's $100something per class (not including books/labs), but yeah, it would be less expensive.
- I've emailed some of the schools I'm interested in. They've all said that I'd be a freshman if I was dual enrolled at TCS but a transfer if I already had my diploma...I mean, you're right about the scholarship $$. Look, I may reconsider graduating early. I'm going to an open house for TCS, and I will have a nice chat with my GC.
- NY (my state) does not have a free virtual HS. The only virtual HS's are private and therefore cost money.
Just because your GS doesn’t require something doesn’t mean it’s what colleges want. Specifically they’ll expect 4 units each of each core subject (English, math, foreign language, science, social science) with 6-8 classes at ap/DE level, perhaps more if you don’t have any honors classes (which is to be expected in a class of 16).
You’re in a hurry, but don’t focus on the exist point, focus on the journey, ways to make it enriching and supportive and fun and challenging.
Your ability to speak eloquently about your community, surroundings, and region matters, too, in preparation for essays where you’ll set yourself apart from those attending a moe typical school in a wealthier or more ur an community. That’s why you need to go on these sensing/thinking strolls, taking pictures.
Full time DE with five courses at $100 per course would be $500 plus probably $150 on materials, v. $15,000 a semester minimum at the Clarkson school. So, do go to the open house, ask questions, but keep in mind you could have two years full time DE and still pay less than one tenth of the Clarkson school on scholarship. The matter of being considered a senior while enrolled there, v. Graduating early, is major.
What are you with finding the book and starting on it?
“if I can find some way to cover the rest of the cost”
OK. In the absence of that emoji, I think it’s time for me to opt out. The best of luck OP
Like I said, I could take summer classes. I put the book on hold. I’ll do a read-a-thon (I once read Madame Bovary in 2 days for fun) and go from there. The cost is actually $150 per class so 5 (at the minimum; I have a TON of class planned for jr/sr year) classes would be $750, plus approx $150+ for materials would be $900, times 2 for 2 years equals ~$1800 at the very least. Yes, it is less expensive. There is no viable argument to that, but please sue me for considering all options. I did get a 98% in English, and most of that is writing. Two of the most notable projects I did was a report on Jane Eyre (OH MY GOSH I love that book so much it changed my life OMG OMG OMG I looooooooveeee it!!!), and a “personal narrative” type thingie I did on my struggles with an ED. (the actual existence of which is questionable)
@bjkmom Emoji?? I don’t understand
5 college classes per semester is the maximum and adds up to 15-17 credits depends on how much each class is worth (some college students take less - 15 credits is average, 14 for first semester in college).
A college semester class covers one year of high school material (or more advanced material) over 4 months.
That adds up to 10 classes per year, more than what you’d take in high school.
You can’t find $900 a semester expensive compared to the Clarkson school. And yes do consider the Clarkson school but what your parents said was that you had to find the money yourself… In other words, if you don’t get a full ride you have to forget it.
Keep reading novels and full books of non fiction :). What did you think of Madame Bovary? Isn’t it depressing? 
Oh! Ok, then. I guess I’ll take my core classes there and non-core at HS. I said it’s LESS expensive. IK that $900 is no contest. Yes, Madame Bovary is depressing. But it taught me a lot about life and human desire and gratification. Very existential.
Check with guidance if you can take 5 classes dual enrollment a semester and still take high school classes during the same semester. It isn’t allowed here. However you can still go yo the high school for extra curricular, lunch if desired etc but not to take a high school class. We are allowed 5 classes a semester up to 18 credits.you can also do college clubs.
Many colleges now want to see 4 years of high school math and English no matter if your high school has lower requirements and the more selective also want 4 years of history and lab science.
I’ll talk with my GC.
Do you mean to say that it would be less advantageous to take dual enrollments?
Why is this so hard?? I’ll never get anywhere in life!!
Because you’re making it hard…the vast majority of college-bound students just take their choice of the classes available to them, go to an affordable college that fits their stats, and do just fine in life regardless.
Ok, but I have self-esteem and obsession issues and this, college admissions, is like the perfect storm for those two. You get easily hooked on something that is an integral part of your future.