<p>I am a current High School senior with 12 college credit hours. By the end of my senior year, I should have about 30 college credits total. </p>
<p>My school offers us a program to get High School and College credit at the same time. So, will I apply to college as an Incoming Freshman or a transfer? </p>
<p>I really need help with this.</p>
<p>You’ll have to look at each college’s website to see who they consider a freshman and a transfer applicant. For most institutions, you would still be considered an incoming freshman, but there were a few (in-state publics) we ran across that wanted to consider anyone with even one college credit a transfer. These were not selective schools, so it wouldn’t have made much difference unless the grades for the college work were terrible.</p>
<p>^Could you give some examples? Not doubting your information, I just haven’t run across any schools that count college credit taken during HS. So I’ve always advised that it’s only post-HS college classes that count, and don’t want to give incorrect information. Thanks!</p>
<p>It’s called Dual Credit. </p>
<p>The professors from a Community College will come to the High School and teach for a designated amount of time. </p>
<p>English 1301 and English 1302 and etc.</p>
<p>That’s not the example Entomom was asking for. She was asking Amicamom for schools that consider students who use dual credit as transfers.</p>
<p>Oh well. Do you have something to add about my question?</p>
<p>There is nothing to add. Read the college websites, you will see that dual credit does not count towards transferring, only post-HS coursework does. If in doubt, call the college and ask.</p>
<p>Entomom - You are right - I misremembered. I checked the admissions site at the main college I was thinking of. High school students with dual credit are still considered freshmen. There is a branch off in the online application, however, that takes you in a different direction if you have any college credit to list than if everything will be on your high school transcript.</p>
<p>^Thanks for checking that, I appreciate it!</p>
<p>EO, dual credit is pretty common for applicants to selective colleges, so many of the seniors here will have college credit, but they’ll still be applying as fr this fall.</p>
<p>Thank you guys!</p>