Having AP classes on his transcript helped my son earn academic scholarships. And with his AP and dual enrollment credits, he is able to graduate college a semester early. So taking AP and dual enrollment classes saved us money in the long run.

I agree with Sailor Mom. My ds took both the ACT and SAT and he submitted his SAT score on his college applications because it was significantly better than his ACT score. Which was interesting, because based on his PSAT and PLAN test scores, he expected to do better on the ACT. So Rosa, only submitting the score from one test over the other won't adversely affect your daughter, but before ruling out the SAT entirely, I would have her take practice tests for both to see which test she scores better on, and then study for that one.

I haven't heard any stats for public school kids. I did hear that private school seniors were funded and there was enough money left over to award 3 credit hours to each junior.

For foxbridge academy - according to a post on the CHEO (Christian Home Educators of Ohio) facebook page, only 75% of seniors received CCP funding for the upcoming school year before they ran out of funds. So unless they allocate more funds for homeschoolers in upcoming years, it is unlikely that your child will have any classes paid for before 12th grade.

I'm glad to know there was enough money to fund some classes for the juniors. Do you happen to know if your friend's son asked for funding for more than two classes?

At the info session I attended, which was led by someone from the CCP program, the speaker said that homeschoolers would have to pay for their own books (which is a change from the old PSEO program). She also said that all of the seniors' classes would be paid for, then all of the juniors', and on down the line. The system you described of awarding one class to each senior, then one to each junior, etc is how it was done under the old PSEO system. But last I knew, they had only allocated $250,000 for homeschoolers, which I don't think will go very far. Last year that only covered one class per high school student, with enough left over to award a second class to a few seniors. There is the option of enrolling in the local public high school and trying to participate in the CCP program that way. I don't know what hoops you would have to jump through, but you may have a better chance of getting classes funded that way. However, remedial classes still wouldn't be covered. The whole point of the program is to give advanced students who are ready for college level work the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school.

AP exams are not offered online. You have to take them at a high school. But I know some on these forums have had to travel hours away to find a school where they could take the exam. Maybe your nearest city has schools that offer the exams?

According to the College Credit Plus website, you can't take any remedial classes. Once you are admitted to a college for College Credit Plus, you may take any course in the college’s course catalogue that is not remedial or religious, and that applies toward a degree or professional certificate, in a subject area in which you are college-ready. https://www.ohiohighered.org/node/5557

College Credit Plus is a brand new program in Ohio. No one has any experience with it yet, beyond enrollment. Approval comes from the institution where you want to enroll your child. If the college or university accepts your child, and they meet the age requirement of 7th grade or higher, then you shouldn't be turned down by CCP. However, I don't think they have adequate funding in place for homeschoolers. And since they said they will start with 12th graders and fund all of their classes first, and then work their way down, I doubt there will be much, if any, money left for 11th graders, let alone anyone younger. But we'll see what happens. So being accepted into CCP and actually having them pay for your classes are two different things.

Well shoot, I just bought some of those. At least we haven't laundered them yet so I can return them. Thanks for the heads up!

Where did you get the giant poster?

The book is not necessary. It has the same content as the cds.

Me too!

Yes they do! My ds is an above average student, who doesn't qualify for any need-based aid, and he was offered merit scholarships at all four state schools he applied to. He would have also received merit scholarships from the Christian colleges in our state. I don't know if he would have gotten anything from a private college. He didn't apply to any because we couldn't begin to afford it, and they usually don't offer his major. If you look at the college's website, often state schools and Christian colleges will spell out scholarship monies offered based on test scores. That being said, it was our experience that college was going to cost us, after merit scholarships, between $15-$20,000 per year no matter if he went to a state school or a Christian college. One state school was $12,000 because ds's above average test scores made him a big fish at their school. But he isn't going to attend there because it was a poor academic match and weak in his major. ETA: We specifically looked at schools where ds would qualify for their honors program, to off-set the under-matching that allowed him to qualify for merit aid. And we live in the Midwest and ds wanted to stay in the Midwest so he applied to three in-state schools and one out-of-state school. His merit scholarships were based solely on his GPA and test scores and not geographic or racial diversity.

Please update Ohio University to add "Scholars program". Thank you!

For what it is worth we also had a snarky email from the admin at Potters School a couple of years ago. My ds just finished an English class at AIM Academy, taught by the executive director Debra Bell, and we had a very positive experience. I wouldn't hesitate to take classes with AIM again. And they offer French.

Yep. This exactly. Ohhh, good idea! Been there, done that, and thankfully didn't have to change schools because of it. *Edited to add: Look! I figured out how to multiquote!*

Never fear - my son will be making his own decision! :001_smile: While I value the experience and wisdom of many on this forum, I don't give "the Hive" the final say in any decision in our lives. But thank you for sharing your concerns and the link to the article. I will pass it along to my ds.

Neither is small. They both have undergrad enrollments of around 17,000.

He does have two great options. We've told him it is a good position to be in. But right now he wishes he could find a big flaw with one or the other so the choice would be obvious.

He only needs a 3.0 to renew the scholarship, which is probably quite do-able. However, I know from personal experience that lots of things can happen to effect GPA. I would hate to see him have to leave after getting established there. I agree that taking a step back and not thinking about this for a week or so would be good for him. But the fact that he doesn't know where he is going to college this fall is stressing him out. And it doesn't help that people keep asking him if he has made a decision yet!

Thank you for sharing your dds' experiences. Your perspective is really helpful! I do worry about the pressure of having to keep a scholarship to remain at the school. And I do think there is a good chance my ds won't feel academically challenged at school B outside of his honors classes.

Ds has narrowed his college choices down to two universities, but he can't seem to make a final decision. Both schools have their pluses and minuses. One school seems to be a better academic fit and the other seems to be a better social fit. Both schools have offered him renewable scholarships and there is a very small difference in cost between the two, but only because the out-of-state school has offered a much larger scholarship. If for some reason ds didn't have a high enough GPA to renew his scholarship, we wouldn't be able to afford to send him back to the out-of-state school. So here is my question: Based on your personal experiences with your own dear children would you recommend school A - the better academic fit, in-state school, where he could afford to stay if he did lose his scholarship, but may have a hard time finding his "tribe", would live in an older dorm, and would have more freedom in courses he takes due to AP credits meeting gen ed requirements or school B - the better social fit, out-of-state school, where he would have to leave if he lost his renewable scholarship, and the academics overall aren't quite as strong, but he would live in a newly renovated dorm, would be in the honors program, but would have less freedom in the courses he takes due to honors required classes? (Geography, BTW, is not a factor. The out-of-state school is still only three hours from our home, so both schools are a fairly short car ride away.) We just don't know how much importance to give to each of these factors, so it is hard for ds to make a final decision. Two weeks ago we revisited both schools and ds sat in on classes, etc, to aid in the decision making process. The result was that he is now more conflicted than ever. We would so appreciate advice from those of you who have walked this road ahead of us.

Could I have a copy too?

Are there really only 100 seats in the paid sessions? I better decide quickly then. One definite for me is "This Isn't as Easy as I Thought".