<p>Some general questions :)
1. Are the profs usually cool with having HS kids in there?
2. If you take during the school year, do you go after school is out, or do you commute over to the campus during the day (and, more importantly, how do you have <em>time</em> for that?)?
3. How does your HS weight them?
4. When did you start taking them (fresh, soph, junior, whatever)?</p>
<p>three of my friends and i took composition 1 at the local community college (although the teacher said she uses the same syllabus for her umich classes)... so here goes:</p>
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<li><p>yeah. actually, they were pretty shocked to find out how young we were. she thought we were at least 17 or 18 (we were all 14 or 15) </p></li>
<li><p>one of my friends took the class during the school year, and she just commuted after school got out - it was really hard for her, because she already had homework, and by the time the class was dismissed she had no time to do anything - she'd end up leaving school early to do her homework for the other class. i don't see how you'd be able to do it during the day, unless your school gave you some kind of free period.</p></li>
<li><p>regularly. it's just kind of tacked onto my report card. my school's weird though, you should probably ask your guidance counselor how your school does it.</p></li>
<li><p>last summer, and it's my senior year now, so that's... senior year summer? i dunno.</p></li>
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<p>If you're going to take classes at a local community college/university, I'd advise you to definately do it over the summer - there's not enough time with regular school. It's a lot more relaxing, too, as you don't really have a lot other than the class you're taking in the summer to worry about. It's really fun too, it was an awesome change from high school.</p>
<p>Nice, thanks. And another question...how did you guys register??! I've been searching the school's website for a while now and turning up nothing...I'll probably ask the GC tomorrow.</p>
<p>There's usually a joint enrollment section in the Traditional Undergrad app. That's where I have found all of my info. You should also call the school and see when there deadline is. Some are too close ( as in April 1st ) and some are rolling.</p>
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<li><p>Yep. They're usually very impressed... especially if they rarely get HS students</p></li>
<li><p>I took only one evening class during hte school year. It was a night class from 6:30 to 9 pm. The college is just 5 minutes from my home, so I just commuted. Not too much of a problem.</p></li>
<li><p>It doesn't. It's not put officially on the HS transcript either. My school has a policy of only weighting classes from this particular school as part of GPA. I think that's fair, even if it means I have to do extra work for no real credit (I get the credit for fulfilling graduation requirements, but not the credit for the grade). Ask your GC what your school does. </p></li>
<li><p>I took two the summer after junior year and 1 first semester of senior year.</p></li>
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<p>You can find regestration info by looking for dual enrollment programs, or I'd assume just calling the admissions office and asking about it.</p>
<p>the way i have it i have first period from eight to nine or whatever and then go to the college from nine to about one and then come back to the hs around 130 for sixth period till 230</p>
<p>If you go to school in NYC they have College Now(maybe they have it elsewhere), where you can take a course at the closest college(mine is Hunter College) if you are a Junior or a Senior.</p>
<p>1.)It's a mostly College Now class, so the professor is fine with HS students.
2.)It's only Tuesdays and Thursdays for me, and it's at 4:10(and I get out of school at 2:15). All I have to do is take the 6 train(which I normally take to go home)3 stops and i'm there. However, you could probably ask your guidance counselor to drop your last period like I did to get there earlier.
3.)It doesn't count for HS, but it is good for college credit.
4.)Juniors and Seniors only. To get in you need an 85 or above on your English Regents, or a good PSAT score, or a good regents score in the subject you are taking.</p>
<p>My son took a statistics course at a local private college the summer after 10th grade. He won the tuition for it from Johns Hopkins CTY, so we only had to pay for the textbook. It was 2 hours/day two or three days/week (can't remember any more) for 6 weeks. There were some other HS kids in the class as well & it's the class his counselor recommended because she said colleges would be more likely to accept that course than others. Son said it was the easiest course he had taken in years & that they had covered more in his 6th grade math class about statistics than they covered in his class, so he was disappointed.
The HS just records on the transcript that he took the course but doesn't factor it into his GPA, rank, or grad requirements (no matter, he has plenty of credits anyway). He either took the bus or I dropped him off at the class, depending on our schedules.</p>
<p>I know other kids who are in public school (& a few in private) who take classes at the state U or community colleges. They generally work things out their their GC, counselor or the schools they wish to attend, through programs like Running Start or others. My kids' HS has lots of AP courses, so most of the kids at the school are busy enough with those that they only take college courses over the summer.</p>
<p>Be sure to do your hw on your instructor/ professors. Although your schedule isn't flexible due to HS, always try to shop around among the the professors. Trust me, this is a good idea as most of the classes will stick with you the rest of your life on your OR.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, you've been incredibly helpful :)</p>