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To: dawn53
Lots of homeschoolers take advantage of it, and the kids earn their AA and high school diploma at the same time (as the course work at the college counts toward both high school and college.)

My eldest homeschooled daughter did this (but just for a year). It gave her a lot of credibility at 4-year college application time, that she was taking a full credit load at a community college and had a 4.0 GPA there.

14 posted on 02/17/2010 7:53:59 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: PapaBear3625
My eldest homeschooled daughter did this (but just for a year). It gave her a lot of credibility at 4-year college application time, that she was taking a full credit load at a community college and had a 4.0 GPA there

Congrats on her 4.0...my kid wasn't that diligent, LOL. He maintained around a 3.6-3.8 for all of his college career, but had a saying "B's earn degrees too"...with which he'd placate us if he received a B in a class.

The dual credit program was well thought of, and our son had no problem being accepted into a university to finish his Bachelors and then into grad school to earn his Masters. Plus it really streamlined the education process, he graduated w/his BA at 19, and his Masters at 21. In his circle of friends, I probably know 10, maybe 15, kids who have gone the same route. Our local CC now has what they call a Collegiate High School, right on the grounds of the CC, and the kids have a place to go during breaks in their class schedule. This is handy for parents who can't ferry their kids back and forth to the campus (which was a pain since the first year in the program our kid was 15 and didn't have his driver's license.)

32 posted on 02/17/2010 9:25:18 AM PST by dawn53
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