<p>From what I have seen, token is exactly right. At least at colleges that attract a lot of accelerated students, having lots of college credits is no problem at all. Remember, the average student admitted to MIT has 4-5 AP’s, so students with many more college courses are a dime a dozen. These colleges are familiar with the issues- comparability of the courses the students may have taken with those that would be taught on their campus, need for stimulation without overwhelming kids by placing them in classes for which they are not prepared, how to complete the distribution requirements with upper level or graduate courses… All of these questions will be well trodden ground at places that token mentions.</p>
<p>Remember, your son will not care at all about how many credits he has. The college will not make him repeat stuff he already knows. If he enters having completed the coursework for an undergrad major in, say, math, then he will do a regular degree program, but take graduate math courses instead. He will hardly be the first person to do that at these places, and he will be unlikely to be the only person in his class doing that.</p>
<p>It is just possible that some large state universities, whose undergraduate missions are different, may be so bureaucratic that they do force him into undesirable academic options. If so, just don’t go there. He will have lots of choices of colleges to attend.</p>
<p>When the time comes, contact the elite colleges, and they will be delighted to explain how it works for kids at this level.</p>