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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone’s kid done the early college at MC where they get an associate’s degree at the same time as an MCPS high school diploma? My 10th grader is thinking about applying and I’m looking for some stories to add to the details on the web pages.[/quote]

Yes, DD is finishing this year. I highly recommend considering it. Great experience for a highly motivated and independent student. In talking with other parents a couple weeks ago, we noticed that the kids who made it through the past three years were not the typical DCUM crowd. In her friend group, those still in the program are mainly from working class and lower middle class backgrounds. Many immigrant and first generation American kids. (DD is something of a socioeconomic outlier among those left in her cohort.) Those who dropped out were mostly solidly middle class without a recent immigrant background. I know striver is an insult of sorts on DCUM, but I’m Gen X AA so I use it as a compliment to describe those who invested the time and effort to earn their associates before their HS diploma.

It is not without stress or sacrifices and junior year was brutal with workload. However, DD and her friends still in the program are thriving and overall much less anxious or ambivalent about the college application process. [/quote]

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