<p>Glad it helped ya! Took long enough to think, answer, and type all of that. Haha! Plus, I saw where noone had answered yet 
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<p>“Are there Fall classes?” — Yes. There is a Spring Semester, Summer Semester, and a Fall Semester. Two semesters is the equivalent of one college year, so that’s why most students tend to take a Fall and a Spring Semester, skipping Summer. <em>Certain classes are only available during a certain semester, so keep that in mind</em></p>
<p>“Is there an option at most CC’s to take classes during the school year?” — There is a program at my CC called Middle College. It’s where a student can take the regular courses in addition to the CC classes. Then there is a program called Dual Enrollment. That program is based where the student can take an English 101 class (I’m using that as an example) and gain college AND high school credit for it. Eligibility for DE will not (typically) be considered until the student is a Junior, allowing the student to be enrolled for DE so that when he/she graduates HS, he/she will have the equivalent of two years of a Bachelor’s Degree complete. To directly answer the question: Yes, BUT this all has to get reviewed by both the GC and/or the principal at the high school and an Admissions Advisor and/or the Dean of whichever studies program he decides on. The high school and the college both have to be on equal and understanding terms. Depending on what is decided/agreed upon, he may end up with two transcripts instead of having both of the reporting grades on one solid transcript, which is very common if he is enrolled in MC (Middle College). That’s how mine is; I am going to have a high school transcript and a college transcript. Don’t worry, college admissions will NOT think anything about it. </p>
<p>“In your experience, did you take the classes right after school or at like 6pm?” — Remember this important thing: College classes are NOT tailored to his high school class schedule. Taking CC classes is an option/privilege and they do not set there class times up to be flexible for every high school and the high schools class times. Also, that is where which program he decides upon comes into affect. (I’ll explain at the latter part of the post). </p>
<p>“Were they on the weekend?” — It isn’t very often that there are classes held on the weekends…it’s actually rare, tbh. The CC I attend is a Monday-Thursday college, and classes usually meet only twice a week, or one day a week, but for an extended period of time to make up for the other day. The classes that are held on the weekends tend to be research classes that are optional or classes that are on a different caliber than others.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that he has to check what programs there are and what programs he is eligible for. I do not know if the two programs that I have mentioned are offered or not. Either way, here is some information about both and this should somewhat answer the question about what time I took mine and what times he will/may have to take his. (If he takes any at all): —</p>
<p>Middle College: A student takes community college classes IN ADDITION TO the regular, required high school classes. This also means that the student will have to consult the CC’s admission advisor as to what classes and times are flexible and available for the student. <em>I had to take the college placement exam before I was able to enroll and be eligible for certain classes. If he scores below the requirements for a class that will transfer and be credited for, he will have to take prerequisites first. Prerequisites do NOT transfer nor do they get awarded credit upon completion.</em> <— That same statement in “*” also applies to Dual Enrollment.</p>
<p>Dual Enrollment: A student takes classes at a community college that will earn credit for the high school requirements AND earn credits towards the basics for a degree. The student may either take the classes online, on-campus, or the teacher(s) will come to the high school and teach the class, but that would be a different program in which the high school hosts. DE class times usually means that the student can take the English 101 class (using that as an example again) at whatever time the college is offering it, or whatever time the student chooses, mainly because it IS counting as high school credit also. Basically it means this: The student is earning both credits, so the high school generally lets the student fill in that class spot with the class at the CC. </p>
<p><strong>I forgot to mention this in my previous post</strong> — Summer Semesters are tough. The time frame of the semester is shorter than the Spring and Fall ones, BUT they still try to fit the same amount of information into the Summer. Summer Semesters are usually between 10-12 weeks (and somewhat often between 8-11 weeks), and the Spring and Fall ones range from 15-17 weeks (and somewhat often between 16-17). In each semester, there is at least one break. (Fall break, Spring break, Summer break.) With the two breaks in the Summer, 4th of July break and Summer break, the semester was 9 weeks for me, instead of the typical 15 week Spring and Fall semester, including the two breaks. It was 14 weeks of information packed into 8 weeks. (Finals are on the last week of the Semester: 15 week semester - one week of finals = 14 weeks of information learned.) It isn’t uncommon to breeze right through 3-4 chapters in one class during the Summer and have a test the next time class meets. ALSO, the classes meet for a longer time frame than usual to meet the time requirements. My Summer classes were each 2.6 hours long. If your brother can handle learning Alg. 2 quickly and comprehend it in that time frame, then the Summer Alg. 2 class would be fine for him.</p>