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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the issue will be the cost.  Local junior colleges will be offering freshman on line classes for 75-125 a credit.  It is hard to justify 400-500 a credit for freshman English from college x when both classes are taught on line.

As it stands now my kid will be doing freshman year at his college IF offered. Otherwise he will take JC classes and work. His school year job is starting back up - warehouse job very limited people contact.  It is a lousy freshman experience if it comes to that but he can get through it. [/quote]

Will his college offer a deferral and hold his spot for next year if he goes the JC route?[/quote]

Was just on a call with college admissions officers who said at their schools you cannot use a deferral to take classes for credit. [/quote]

+1. Talked to my kids SLAC. You can only transfer in 5 classes and not be a transfer student.  That includes summer college credits, DE, AP.  AS PART OF THE 5, you can get one class credit during a gap year, if it’s approved by the college.

So, my kid will transfer in AB/BC Calc to cover the quantity ave requirement), one of the history APs to fill a divisional requirement, AP Lit (assuming a 5) to cover the basic English class requirements and a class taken over the summer at a 4 year VA college for credit for a divisional.  He’s leaving a lot of credits I transferred and being smart about choosing transfer classes that fill requirements, rather than just bumping up credit hours taken.

He could swap out on for an approved in advance class taken over a gap year. But that’s it.

Parents who think their kids will online at NOVA and get a year of distributional requirements done, then start need to talk to their school. Doing that at most decent colleges makes you a transfer applicant. And they want to see you finish the AA degree before you transfer. [/quote]

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