<p>Right now I am working on an associate degree at my local cc. The degree will be in mathematics. The highest math coarse I will be taking is differential equations. So my question is will getting an associates degree at the cc right as a graduate high school improve my chance's and also should i apply as a transfer student or a college freshman</p>
<p>Might want to snoop around MIT’s admissions page before asking this question. I’m almost sure there’s an answer here: [MIT</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/index.php/]MIT”>MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>You’d definitely want to apply as a freshman.</p>
<p>There are a number of students who’ve taken all the math/physics, etc. courses at the local CC during high school. It’s up to you as to whether you want to get an AA or not if your goal is a selective school like MIT.</p>
<p>That degree would prevent you from being able to apply as a freshman (probably at any school).</p>
<p>^ Is this true because my little brother might go to a cohort where he goes to a university for half his classes and gets an associates.</p>
<p>I have heard of students getting their AA while still in high school and they were able to apply as freshmen. You would want to check with prospective colleges, though, just to be sure.</p>
<p>I’m currently getting my AA in high school. I’m applying as a freshman to every school…MIT is the only school that I’ll actually get to be a freshman at though. Since the other schools I will take junior standing, even though I applied as a freshman. Which is one reason why I really like MIT, I could go to a college for four years :P</p>
<p>But anyways, I’m applying as a freshman after all they do tell dual enrollment students to apply as a freshman…I don’t know why having an AA degree would give you an advantage but I think taking hard classes would make you a competitive applicant. Having an actual AA degree seems to hold more of a benefit applying to in state less competitive schools. Even then though, I would think that the classes taken matter more than the actual 2yr degree.</p>