Considering sending my high school junior to college online ASAP

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Also, if OPs kid is a rising junior she’s probably only been allowed to take 0-2 APs

[Anonymous]

Sign her up for dual enrollment

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone done this? Considering this?

My kid is so bored in high school, and now that most colleges are online, I figure she could go to college for a year online, possibly starting in January (why not?).

My kid is too young to leave home, but her brain is ready for college. She went to CTY summer camp for three summers and was extremely happy taking college level classes there.
She's so miserable with online high school classes, which are mostly busy work, no substance.

She took community college classes this summer when her job was cancelled, but the classes were too easy for her.

Is this a crazy idea? What colleges might we look at? She took her SATs in 8th grade and did well enough to get into a top-tier college.

Does she drive alone yet? Has she taken AP classes yet (esp. the hard ones)?

[Anonymous]

NP. Another thing to check on, OP: Will the credits from online transfer easily once she goes to college? If they don't, she may later feel truly burned that she did the work but got no or limited college credit at the college she eventually attends. And that's a while away.

Please don't assume (or let her assume) that "I took this course already in HS online, so I can skip this requirement when I get to college." That's not a given. I'm not trying to discourage the idea, I'm just saying, don't look on this as "You'll get a two-year jump on some college requirements." Maybe it will be, but maybe not, especially as she likely has no idea, here at the start of junior year, where she'd want to attend college or what she'd want to focus on there. (If I missed something earlier about her being super focused on one subject already, sorry.)

Even many AP students discover that AP courses they thought meant "I can skip a class in college" do not work that way; colleges can and do require students to take that college's version of the course. Not every time, but it does indeed happen. (Friend's DD had straight As in all her APs and fabulous AP exam grades, and was appalled and upset to find that her university did not "let" her skip classes lots of classes freshman year -- her college said, "We need you to take the foundational class in this so you're taught it the way WE teach it here." I would think that college level courses could hit the same issue. Of course online credits and CC credits transfer all the time! But it's not a perfect one for one crediting system. (Unless maybe you're talking about the Northern VA Community College (NOVA) program that is affiliated with specific VA four-year colleges.)

She's a junior, and frankly by the time she's ready to start her freshman year, in the fall of 2022, in-person college in whatever form it takes is going to be doable again. I do get the idea that you feel she's going to be bored with online HS, but if taking college classes online while also doing HS courses burns her out on studying, it might backfire. Unless she pushes for this herself, I wouldn't recommend it. Or wait and see how the first semester of junior year of HS goes, and if she's bored stiff and it's incredibly easy, then add a college class online starting in January, not the fall.

[Anonymous]

Rather than focus on her taking college classes spring of her junior year, focus on taking all the classes she needs to graduate early, and then apply to college in spring for fall admittance (during what would’ve been her senior year.) Otherwise, just let her take the core high school credits and let the classes be easy, and supplement with other high interest courses from elsewhere. Don’t just randomly pursue “harder” classes right now. You need a concrete plan for HS graduation and college intention.

Have you discussed it with her HS counselor?

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Anonymous wrote:Bard has a program for early admission for high school students. I think juniors qualify.

Yes, I know a kid who goes there, started as a junior. It is residential and has students on campus this year (at least for now).

[Anonymous]

Look at some dual enrollment universities / colleges.

[Anonymous]

total troll SAT's in 8th grade ? if not a troll I feel really sorry for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:total troll SAT's in 8th grade ? if not a troll I feel really sorry for your child.

CTY for gifted kids requires it-NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rather than focus on her taking college classes spring of her junior year, focus on taking all the classes she needs to graduate early, and then apply to college in spring for fall admittance (during what would’ve been her senior year.) Otherwise, just let her take the core high school credits and let the classes be easy, and supplement with other high interest courses from elsewhere. Don’t just randomly pursue “harder” classes right now. You need a concrete plan for HS graduation and college intention.

Have you discussed it with her HS counselor?

But does the DD herself want to graduate early? Not clear what she wants versus what parent wants. If the girl is on board with accelerating things, that's fine, but I'm wondering how much of this the parent is driving and how much is the DD herself.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:total troll SAT's in 8th grade ? if not a troll I feel really sorry for your child.

CTY for gifted kids requires it-NP

And they usually take it in 7th. I did that in the early 80s. This is not a new thing.

[Anonymous]

Look at the colleges she wants to attend (and you can afford). Then see what the threshold number of college credits that would disqualify her from applying as a freshman (vs as a transfer student). The last thing you want to do is mess up her chances of going to an excellent school. Lots of ways to learn outside of college (including online — Eg coursera) and some of them will be much more impressive to selective schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:total troll SAT's in 8th grade ? if not a troll I feel really sorry for your child.

CTY for gifted kids requires it-NP

then i really feel sorry for your kid

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:total troll SAT's in 8th grade ? if not a troll I feel really sorry for your child.

CTY for gifted kids requires it-NP

And they usually take it in 7th. I did that in the early 80s. This is not a new thing.

Yep, not a new thing. My friend's younger brother took it when we did. She was extremely irked.

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked into the GED. You have to be 18 or a high school dropout to take it. My kid is neither.

Don't take the GED. It carries a stigma and is unnecessary for your DC.