I have/will be doing a lot of dual credit and AP courses while in high school. I plan to graduate with my associates degree. However, taking into account that some colleges may not honor all dual credit courses, I was wondering if I would be taking a fewer amount of classes in college throughout the 2-3 years I would be attending if I dispursed 2 years of classes in 3 years, adding a few extra. in other words, is it possible? or would I have to add the few extra classes into 2 years?
I apologize if this makes absolutely no sense at all.
Short answer - it depends. It depends on the college and it depends on your major. You should assume, though, if your 4 year college is an OOS public or a private that few, if any, of the DE credits will transfer, so graduating college in 2 years is probably not in the cards.
If I was you, I would look at my State Colleges/Universities in order to get the most out of your associates degree. Depneding in your finances, you could graduate in 2 years…but that might depend on how many classes in your major you need to take…you probably wouldn’t want to take all major classes for 4 semesters.
Also you might want to fit in study abroad or coop or research…
My daughter came into college with 1.5 years of credits and graduated in 2.5 years.
My daughter is going into college this fall with 2 years worth of dual enrollment credits and officially listed as a junior. She is attending a private college which surprisingly accepted all her classes. However accepting and even giving credits does not by itself guarantee anything. For instance if your associate’s requires intro to literature but the 4 year school doesn’t it may just count as a free elective which you may not need at all.
For my daughter if she gets a perfect schedule each semester she could graduate in 2 years. However if she does a double major, internships/coops, study abroad, take the 2 graduate courses her school allows etc I don’t know how long it will take. We are guessing she will graduate in 3 years but time will tell.
Her friend did the same thing only he earned his associates degree. The school he accepted is also a private school. Even with an associate’s the school says they were classes taken while a high school student so their rules for high school students apply to all of the classes he took. Classes needed for high school graduation do not count. They know that he needed a lab science, 2 English classes, 2 math classes, 1 world history class etc. They also will not accept 9 classes since they know at minimum he needed 9 more credits to graduate high school. It really depends on the school you pick as to what they accept.