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[quote=Anonymous]Yes with local community college starting summer before junior year. Biggest thing is to go directly to college admissions director and ask which classes they can take that will transfer most easily to potential universities. DD got 24-30 transferable credits out of the way, can’t remember exact number but it was a solid year plus a couple additional credits.

The high school listed specific courses that could be taken but a meeting with admissions dean showed us that our options were larger than those directly specified by the school. So go direct to the source when seeking enrollment and choosing classes. It will likely be the boring classes like math, English, basic sciences, etc. so make sure they know that and are prepared.

It was great to be able to focus on major more in college, saved money, and prepared them for the level of work required in college. DD never took more than 2 classes per semester, sometimes 1 if there was a lab or it’s was overall a difficult area for them. A great experience but not one we repeated with DS just due to SN but definitely would have if circumstances were more similar to DD.

I had to do much of the leg work regarding signing up for classes and minimal choices were available each semester. So be prepared for that aspect and let your child know they will need to take what fits all the requirements. In the beginning it was more selections but towards the end we really had to work to find more transferable classes. It helped that we knew where she would be going to college before senior year. This knowledge helped us to find specific classes and get special circumstances approval by future university on some classes not typically offered transfer credits.

Find the highest up person available at your potential CC to deal with and deal only with them. For us it was associate dean of admissions. You’ll need someone in that position to get some higher level or not typically offered courses approved and it was easier just dealing with one person.[/quote]

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