By the time I grading high school I will have enough college credit to be a “Junior”, so should I apply through the traditional route or as a transfer from my community college? Thanks 
You need to check with the colleges that you’re interested in to see what their official policies are. Some of them do count CC credits taken in high school and will admit you as transfer. Some consider HS CC credits as part of high school and admit as freshmen. Each college is different.
Congratulations on your achievement, though. That’s awesome!
Echoing this ^^ The colleges will make the decision for you, in many cases requiring you to apply as a transfer student. I want to encourage you by saying that although admission as a transfer student can be more difficult on paper, the work you’ve done shows your determination and will count a lot. Nice going!
Most of the time, you are eligible to apply as frosh if you do not take college courses after high school graduation.
Applying as frosh is typically advantageous for scholarship purposes, and for admission purposes at some of the most selective universities.
In terms of transfer credit, college courses taken while in high school are often not selected for the purpose of fulfilling pre-major requirements and general education requirements for college, so two years’ worth of credit may not necessarily mean that you need only two more years to complete a bachelor’s degree in your major, or that you are even eligible to transfer based on completing pre-major requirements.
If you enter as frosh with two years of transfer credit, you still may have the option of graduating early by one to four semesters, depending on your major and how well your transfer credit aligns with subject requirements. But do not assume that you will be able to graduate four semesters early if you choose a major with long sequences of prerequisites that are not covered by your college credit (e.g. engineering majors in many cases), or if the four year school is stingy with transfer credit (e.g. University of Michigan and some of the most selective private universities).
Oh I see. Would you recommend I save time and go to a fairly good university that would save me time or a prestigious one and go through the entire 4 years of undergrad? Thanks for the replies, I really appreciate it!
Also, I’m planning on majoring in Psychology, but then going to med school. So saving a year or so does matter, I guess
Do you have a 4.0 or close to it in the college courses so far?
All of your college courses will count for calculating your pre-med overall and science GPAs that are used for initial screening of applications before they are sent to human readers at medical schools.
If you took many of the usual pre-med courses at the community college, medical schools often want to see upper level courses in those subject areas taken at a four year school.
Because medical school is very expensive, minimizing cost for undergraduate will help if that is your goal.
You may want to ask on the pre-med forum section.
You may have some issues with your plan.
For medical school, you need to have a good overall GPA and good science GPA (bio, chem, physics, math, etc)
Medical schools want you to take the pre reqs (bio, chem, Organic chem, physics) at a 4 year college, not a community college. You will need to see which medical schools will take those credits (if you took any)
Or you can take more advanced sciences at the 4 year school (Biochemistery, Genetics, etc). But these courses may be harder to get good grades in.
You also have to:
- Volunteer in a medical setting …you will need to get started right away to get enough hours in
- Show leadership…particularly in community service setting
- Shadow doctors
- Maybe do research
So instead of 4 years to do the above, you have 2 or 3 (unless you take a gap year after to then apply to med school).
If you do want to use the credits, apply to your State U. They will have the best transering of the credits.
Also keep in mind that your Dual Enrollment credits will be counted in your college GPA that med schools look at. So make sure to get As.