<p>I am a higschool student but also a college student. I am in this program called dual enrollment were I can get my A.A. degree when I graduate highschool by taking college classes, but not exempt from getting my highschool credits so I am doing both highschool and college. </p>
<p>My problem is I have limited choices right now of colleges that I actually want to attend that will accept my credits.
Some universities say they will take some of my credits but not all. Others say ooh will take your credits so you will have the credit hours of a junior but your status at the university will be that of a freshmen (what the heck is that suppose to mean?)</p>
<p>does anyone know the transferring process or universities in Florida that will except my credits
I dont want to do all these classes and literally have no live during highschool and not be able to actually use my credits.</p>
<p>In most cases, you will apply as a freshman. That is a good thing. You will be eligible for more scholarships and better financial aid.</p>
<p>Once you have enrolled, and your credits are accepted for transfer, your registration status can be changed to junior based on the number of credits accepted. This is different from applying as a transfer student to begin with and being admitted directly with junior status.</p>
<p>You should go have a meeting with the Transfer Advisor at the community college where you are earning your credits. That person will be able to tell you which colleges and universities in your state are the most generous about accepting transfer credits. You should also ask about formal articulation agreements between your CC and any 4-year colleges or universities. If there is an articulation agreement, completing certain courses during the A.A. and earning a certain GPA will guarantee you admission as a junior for a certain major or majors.</p>
<p>I never thought about asking my college advisor (I feel stupid) thank you I will do that. Your advise is helpful. :-bd </p>
<p>As mentioned above, applying as a freshman is a good thing since it means you have orientation with your class and you have better access to financial aid. Then some of your classes will get credit (it’s rare to get ALL credits credited simply because your major may not require them all, your university may consider some as electives, etc But you’ll still get enough that it’s definitely worth it). Furthermore you can’t take all your “major” classes at once. However it’ll considerably accelerate your studies and if you’re on a campus with Master’s level classes, if you get 4 years of financial aid, it means you could take master’s level classes after only a couple years, something that’s always beneficial.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 The thing is I already have four year scholarship any college in Florida as long as I get accepted so how would that work out? </p>
<p>What scholarship do you have? Bright Futures? Your own high school guidance counselor, the advisor at the CC, and the financial aid and admissions offices at the Florida colleges and universities that you are looking at should be able to explain to you how BF functions.</p>
<p>@happymomof1 No its not bright futures its take stock in children </p>
<p>I’m not familiar with that one. Why don’t you get in touch with the people in charge of that scholarship program, and ask how the money would be handled in your case? They should be able to help you with this.</p>
<p>You could get a double major, or start taking master’s level courses as an undergrad. Typically, as long as you haven’t completed your requirements for the BA, your scholarships is valid for 4 years (this situation happens to students who have a lot of college credits from AP or dual enrollment.) It’s a good problem to have. :)</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 so its a good thing after all to have a freshmen status but take BA courses cool</p>
<p>THANKS :-bd </p>
<p>Just make sure to “save” one gen ed and one compulsory class for your major for your 8th semester. If you don’t save one class of each, you’ll graduate and you won’t be able to use your scholarship for 4 years, which would be too bad. But you have 8 semester to fulfill gen eds (some of which you’ve already acquired 
) and take courses for your major, so you have plenty of time to take advanced (graduate level!) courses in one major and study for another one. Yes it’s a good thing because you’re treated like a freshman for admissions (ie, your application will look impressive compared to “regular” high school students’) and for financial aid (= access to scholarships that can’t be earned as a transfer) but once you’re enrolled they’ll evaluate your credits and allow you to skip a bunch of classes, probably a lot of them. However if you intend to be premed, it may be a good way to “pad your GPA” if you “retake” some of the science classes you’ve taken the semester before since med schools are first interested in your GPA and science GPA.</p>
<p>Is your scholarship only for public universities or for private universities as well?
Florida has UMiami, of course, plus a few pretty good schools like, depending on what you’re interested in, Ecked ( especially good for Creative writing, Marine biology) or Flagler or Rollins or Florida Southern…</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I have been receiving a lot of mail from Flagler and Norwich university but was never interested. And yes its for bot public and private universities. I was thinking of doubling my major.
PS… isnt Flager more of a school of the arts. </p>
<p>The most prestigious private university in Florida is U Miami.
Flagler is preprofessional, not at all a school of the arts. You may have seen “liberal arts” on it, but it only means they teach the traditional disciplines ( such as Economics, Math, English, Biology…) in addition to their preprofessional programs in Education, Marine Science, Business, etc.
Norwich on the other hand if you mean the VT school is a military academy so… not at all in your field, and not at all in FL!
It sounds like you could indeed easily double major, and in college you can add as many “elective” classes as you wish in areas that complement your major, or just because it sounds interesting.</p>
<p>@MYSO1634 Okay I researched I see what you mean THANKS!!!</p>