Listing college courses taken before high school?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>My son started taking community college courses in 6th grade. He took about 5 courses before he finished 8th grade and got A's on all but Algebra. I think he was 11 when he took Algebra and he got a B so his GPA at the college is now 3.76 versus his HS gpa which is 4.0(UW). He is a senior now and is working on his applications and I don't know what to tell him to do!</p>

<p>What looks better? Taking these classes at such an early age or not including them at all? I think they ask for all college transcripts? We don't know what is best and met with the guidance counselor who didn't know either because of the "unique" situation. His school doesn't allow credit for college courses until 9th grade so they are not on his HS transcript. The classes are composition, literature, etc., not "fluff" courses and are all transferable. Will colleges even notice that he was so young? </p>

<p>One person told us just to wait and then turn in the transcripts for credit after being accepted to college. (Can you do that if they want all transcripts?) Another told us it would look "really good" and we should add them in to the application. They told him he should write a story about taking the college classes somewhere on his application like when he had a group project and they made him the group leader when he was in 6th grade.</p>

<p>So far, HS and College transcripts are separate but now he might take another college course this year and then we'd HAVE to show the classes. Should he avoid this and not take the college class? Right now he has 5AP classes but because of the AP schedule spacing, he has to be at school really long, all 7 periods starting at 6:30!, and has two "filler" classes because there isn't anything else to take. If he took the college class, one night per week for just one semester, he could be out at lunch and still have 4 APs. </p>

<p>Any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Please help! Almost 300 views and no replies? Someone must have an idea? Even if you are not certain, what is your opinion?</p>

<p>DS has until Monday to decide on his schedule and a lot depends on whether he should show the college classes or not. He has to have an English to graduate and there is a schedule issue with the AP English we are trying to resolve so PLEASE help!</p>

<p>If he has to show the college classes anyway, he will take AP Physics, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Gov & Econ and only one “filler” plus take an upper level English class at the college. He will only have to go 1/2 day and take the college class one semester, one night per week, so it will be a lot less stressful than the other options. The college English class will have a lot more work than the AP Eng though and he most likely won’t get any AP credit for the AP English because he’s already taken Eng Lit at college but giving up AP Eng and taking college doesn’t give him the gpa bump on his HS transcript.</p>

<p>If he doesn’t have to show the college classes and it looks better to leave them out because of the B grade, then he has to go for 7 periods keeping AP Eng at his school and having another filler class because there isn’t anything else offered at that time he hasn’t already taken. The only other choice is to give up AP Bio and fill in with the AP Eng but he really likes Bio. </p>

<p>ANY ideas at all?</p>