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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it worth it?

Our school district just announced a program where they will pay for jrs and srs. to take community college classes for college credit.   I did a little digging, though, and it looks like they are supposed to pay for kids to take classes at ANY county or state college in MD.   U MD/College Park though says that they will only allow seniors to take one course per semester; it doesn't look like there are limits to the # of courses kids can take at the community college.  The program also runs over summer.

This is potentially a way to save a lot of money towards a college degree especially if kids can enroll with 6-8 college courses under their belt already.

If you have a student who is fairly academ ically advanced, is this a good route to take?[/quote]

I did something similar when I was in high school in the Midwest, except the classes I took were at a small, middle-of-the-pack academically small college.  I think that the AP classes in my good but not great high school were more demanding, but the college classes included things I couldn't have taken in high school, gave me more experience writing analytical papers, and were a really good experience overall.  I was able to transfer all of the credits to a more selective college.  I could have gotten out in 3 years instead of 4, but I had a full ride and was having a good time. I got out of some general ed electives based on classes I had taken, and was able to take more classes I was interested in as a result.   I  think that the taking real college classes as a high school student was probably a good thing when I applied to colleges, but I think that community college classes wouldn't provide a benefit like that.  I don't see any downside to taking classes over the summer, and one class a semester during the school year won't be a big deal either way.  [/quote]

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