High School Dual Enrollment student loooking for advice

[bigben12]

<p>Hello, I'm a freshman in high school and I'm about to start selecting
classes for dual enrollment. If you're not familiar with this program
it basically allows me to take college classes and earn credit for
them while in high school allowing me to attain an Associate in Arts
or an Associate in Science while in high school.</p>

<p>I found this website and since I want to become a crime scene
investigator/fbi agent in the future, in reality I would like to work
for the CIA's clandestine service, those 2 are my "backup plans".</p>

<p>What major do you guys recommend I get, what college classes do you
recommend I take? I'm assuming for the 3 possible desired jobs I'd
need an Associate in Science for any of them. Does it matter which
college classes I take or should I just take the ones required for the
AS degree?</p>

<p>My known languages and very fluent: English & Spanish, looking to pickup Arabic while in Dual Enrollment. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

[bigben12]

<p>Would a Criminal Justice major or Criminology major serve me best?</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p>It may help with the police jobs, but the spy jobs have different needs:
<a href=“https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/clandestine/view-jobs.html[/url]”>https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/clandestine/view-jobs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[bigben12]

<p>I looked through that CIA website but didn’t spot a specific major. I heard the agency doesn’t really look for a specific major. Should I go with CJ or Criminology for crime investigation/fbi agent and then try to pick up the languages the agency needs? I know it’s a bit early to be thinking of these things but I want to be prepared.</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p><a href=“https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/clandestine/core-collector.html[/url]”>https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/clandestine/core-collector.html&lt;/a&gt; has this:</p>

<p>

@CIA

Minimum requirements include a bachelor’s or master’s degree and a strong academic record, with a preferred GPA of 3.0 or better, and a strong interest in international affairs. Candidates must possess solid interpersonal and communications skills, including the ability to write clearly and accurately. Foreign travel and area knowledge, prior residency abroad, cross-cultural sensitivity, and foreign language proficiency (particularly in the critical languages of Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Indonesian, Korean, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Somali, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu) are highly desirable. Degrees of interest include, but are not limited to, international business, finance or international relations, economics, physical science or nuclear, biological or chemical engineering.

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[bigben12]

<p>Interesting, sorry for missing that. </p>

<p>So at the end there, those degrees they listed, that I start thinking about after College in University right? Just focus on getting an Associate of Science through Dual Enrollment now?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[EarlVanDorn]

<p>Okay, I’m chiming into this 10-weeks late, but if the OP is really interested in CIA work there are college programs that are useful. Ole Miss, for example, has the Croft Institute, and my understanding is that the CIA is recruiting some of these students. I’m not sure I approve, but that’s another story.</p>

<p>It sounds like you are going to be enrolling in a junior college. In my opinion someone with the brains to qualify for dual enrollment in ninth grade is wasting his or her time taking junior college courses. Remember, this classes will be made up mostly of students who were not smart enough to get into a real college.</p>

<p>My opinion is that you shouldn’t worry about earning an “Associates Degree,” unless that’s all you want. Earn yourself some college credit at a real college in any course and get a headstart on your four-year degree.</p>