<p>What might happen if a HS senior takes most or all senior year classes as dual credit classes in a college, and already has completed a few dual credit courses? The state requirements for HS graduation (credits and required HS courses) would have been fulfilled by end of junior year. </p>
<p>To avoid being considered as a transfer applicant, would it be better to take AP rather than dual credit?</p>
<p>At most colleges (other than the dual-credit granting institution), students receive NO credit for dual-enrollment classes, so if they are, in fact, included in the high school transcript, there’s nothing to worry about. If the classes were taken on the college campus and otherwise meet the criteria set by each individual college, the number of credits granted will depend on each individual college.</p>
<p>"The state requirements for HS graduation (credits and required HS courses) would have been fulfilled by end of junior year. "</p>
<p>Why is this kid still in HS? Won’t the school just automatically hand him/her a diploma when the graduation requirements are fulfilled?</p>
<p>First of all, no matter how many college credits you have, if you just graduated from high school, then you are considered a new Freshman, not a transfer. I have yet to see a policy that differs from this.</p>
<p>Second, no, high schools don’t automatically hand you a diploma once you complete the requirements for graduation. High school is a four-year deal, and unless you take initiative to graduate earlier, they keep you for four years. Again, I’ve never seen an exception to this. Figure it this way: There is a strong financial incentive for a school to keep you there as long as they can (taxes for public schools, tuition for private schools). They’re not going to kick you out any sooner than they have to.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily true. Lots of kids at DS’s high school take dual credit classes thru the local community college. These credits are accepted at ALL Texas state college, and most students have not had any problems at OOS colleges as well. Many private schools (Duke, Rice are the first that come to mind because I looked into it) do not accept dual-credit classes, but I think they are picky about any credits coming from a community college.</p>