<p>I am a junior attending a public high school with a dual enrollment program. I will have taken 8 AP exams by the end of junior year, so I really won't have much else to take at my high school. And lately, I have been thinking about doing early admissions at the nearby community college. I would be taking about 18 credit hours worth of classes. I wouldn't count as a transfer student or anything...I would still count as a high school student and still be able to participate in my high school's activities. The only difference is that I would be taking all of my classes at the nearby CC.</p>
<p>Would doing early admissions be looked down upon vs. taking two (maybe three) AP classes at my high school and some electives?</p>
<p>I'm just so tired of all the high school ********. I enjoy community college classes more. lol</p>
<p>Bump. Someone? Anyone?</p>
<p>I MUST KNOW.</p>
<p>My son took a few classes at the high school and the rest at the local state univ. He didn't plan on transferring the credits. He just used the college to basically fill out his college prep classes. I think it was a great option for him, and it made a pretty impressive transcript... in my opinion at least. That's not why he did it though, he just enjoyed the classes at the college a whole lot more.</p>
<p>You have to be careful that you don't take so many CC classes that you get classified as a transfer rather than a freshman entrant.</p>
<p>The OP should check, but I think that's only a danger at a state univ. I know it's difficult to transfer credits to private schools. My son took a slew of classes at the state univ. as a high school student, but applied to a private college as a freshman with no intention to transfer any of them... and they wouldn't have transferred even if he wanted them too. He was under an "early entry" program at the state u. just like the OP.</p>
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<p>I shouldn't. I don't know where that threshold is though.</p>
<p>I will probably have around 50 college credits by the time I graduate high school.</p>
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The OP should check, but I think that's only a danger at a state univ. I know it's difficult to transfer credits to private schools.
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<p>I'm probably going to end up going to a public or private school in Florida, and even the private schools here accept community college credit, or at least only from in-state CCs.</p>
<p>I don't even care about getting credit so much as keeping myself occupied with challenging classes. There are only like four AP classes I can take at my school, and I know I would not get all four of them (because of scheduling problems). I'd probably get only two, maybe three if I'm lucky. Then the rest would be non-honors electives. :/</p>
<p>Take a look at the freshman and transfer information for a few of the schools you think might be interested in. I know here that if a student earns credits at the C and then transfers to the state U, if they have over 36 credits, they are classified as a transfer student and not a freshman. The threshold will vary by state system and how they award credit, etc., but it's worth looking into. Not that there's anything wrong with going in as a transfer student, expecially to a public. There may be certain details about it, though, of which you should be aware.</p>
<p>Well don't transfer students have to have a high school diploma?</p>
<p>Look at what UF says:</p>
<p>"Concurrent High School and AA Degrees
Students who will receive their high school diploma and the Associate of Arts degree at the same time should complete the freshman application. You must apply to a specific UF college and major, and you must meet college and major prerequisite course and minimum GPA requirements."</p>
<p>I won't even have enough credits for an AA. I'm 99% I won't count as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Truthfully, if UF is your target school (or a Florida private college, like UM), I think you could slip by and get in with 2 APs and some non-honors electives. As long as your GPA is like a 3.5 or above, with all of your APs you'll get in. They won't penalize you for not taking more APs because your school doesn't offer more. Pick-up a class or two that your CC offers that really interests you, and then take ceramics or whatever at your high school. You won't want to work that hard your senior year (just make sure you work hard enough for Bright Futures!).</p>
<p>Well unless my school really messes up my schedule, then that's what I'm probably going to do - take a mix of APs, CC classes, and electives. I don't really want to do 5 APs and 2 CC classes like I did this year.</p>
<p>I know that I could get into most Florida schools, but I still wanna apply to some top OOS universities. Just for the lulz, if anything. :P</p>