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Ok so if you go to a CC for dual enrollment during highschool, how does that affect your chances at scholarships? By the time you may be headed to your real freshman year, you may have an associates degree- so can you still apply for scholarships?

 

 

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Thanks to everyone on the board- who have responded and enriched my understanding this year- I really appreciate it more than you can imagine!

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By the time that one has completed two years, full load, of a CC (and not necessarily to receive an AA), one is not headed toward the freshman year, but toward the junior year at a four-year college (assuming that all ones credits will transfer to the target college). (Some colleges will not accept CC credits for particular subjects.) (So there is no "national norm" for anything.)

 

There are scholarships targeted for CC students, we recently have learned. One somewhat "prestigeous" university where we live has a scholarship earmarked for CC students who have completed a certain number of hours with a certain minimum grade point average.

 

Ok so if you go to a CC for dual enrollment during highschool, how does that affect your chances at scholarships? By the time you may be headed to your real freshman year, you may have an associates degree- so can you still apply for scholarships?

 

 

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Thanks to everyone on the board- who have responded and enriched my understanding this year- I really appreciate it more than you can imagine!

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Hello!

We are finding, in the private university world at lest, that some schools offer more scholarship money for those who come in as freshmen. If you take CC courses during high school, but don't cross the threshold into sophomore territory, you can still compete (or be eligible) for freshman scholarships/financial aid. Other schools don't "penalize" you for not being a freshman. My older ds took three CC computer course suring his 10th grade year, but didn't have time for any classes as a junior. He may be able to squeeze in one or two as a senior (maybe calculus in 2nd semester, if he can pass the assessment!), but he will still be a freshman in the eyes of the colleges he wishes to attend. All that may be moot, if he can't afford to go, however. It may be more financially prudent to do two years at the JC and then transfer as a junior. We will need to weigh the potential costs carefully.

Hope this helps a bit!

Blessings,

April

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The universities my son applied to considered him an "incoming freshman" no matter how many credits he had earned/transferred. He graduated with 35 credit hours earned concurrently at our local university and still earned the usual incoming freshman scholarships (honors college, departmental, and private).

 

Some universities will not accept credits earned concurrently - meaning that they will not give credit for those courses. So definitely check with the colleges your student is interested in attending. Based on my ds's degree interest, we knew he would need to go to our state university.

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