Anonymous wrote:
Jeez -- this is only 1 semester of a difference. Can he not just take some classes of interest, and have some college exposure/experience?

Yes and generally there are adequate FC classes available even for kids like the OP.

On the other hand, it is $6-12K to attend, (or attend and live on campus) for 1 semester. If the available classes are actually an issue for someone then it might make sense to save the money and skip it.