<p>I've posted this question in multiple places and got mixed responses..
Anyone with this same situation?</p>
<p>There is a running start program in which high school juniors and seniors can attend a local college to get high school AND college credits, without having to pay tuition. I started that program this year and, as a full time college student, am working towards getting my Associates in Arts Degree before I graduate high school.</p>
<p>My question is, will my chances of getting accepted into an ivy league school be lowered due to my advancement and attaining this degree, or while colleges look at it as impressive?
Meaning, i will be apply to college as a junior instead of a freshman...</p>
<p>Will it lower my chances of getting a scholarship?</p>
<p>& if it does, if there a chance that I can apply as a freshman anyways?</p>
<p>if you're going to be starting as a sophomore, are you sure you'll be getting an associates degree (typically two years, meaning you would start as a junior). also, if you are only get one year of credit, most elite colleges will make you apply through freshman admissions, not transfer, they will just give you extra credits, sort of like ap credits</p>
<p>They will still consider you a freshman applicant, I don't think it would get in the way of financial aid matters. However, you might not end up with all those college credits you took either. It really just depends on the school. </p>
<p>They offer a program like that at my cc and from what I understand, some of the top schools have very limiting caps for amount of credits they will accept or will only award credits for stuff like AP/IB test scores. In some cases they might also give some back credit if you take the next course that would follow the course you took, and did well in that. </p>
<p>Basically your mileage will vary. Because of the unusual circumstances and each school having its own policies, it's hard to give broad generalizations.</p>
<p>A girl at my hs did this. She had graduated a year early from high school, and ended up getting in at UC Berkeley. She got rejected from the other schools she applied to, ie Oberlin, Uni of Chicago, and others. The reason I believe she got rejected to the latter was because she put to much attention to getting her hw/classes done at a community college instead of hs. Her SAT scores were also low, especially for those type of schools. I think the reason UC Berkeley accepted her was because her gpa at community college was around that of what transfers have when they get into Berkeley.</p>
<p>BTW some schools, like USC, won't allow you to transfer those credits if you apply as a freshman, so it might be a waste of time. You'll have to decide whether to apply as a Junior transfer or as a Freshman. In my opinion I'd contact every school and ask what would be the best situation. If your GPA at CC is around 3.7+ I say seek transfer admissions. If your HS record is more impressive, including SAT's, recommendations, and extracurricular activities apply as a freshman.</p>