If you want hour children to go to the local community college to get credits - what age do you start? (For high school credit's.) Plus finding the right classes?? I just don't know where to begin and when. Thought this would help my kids to stay home.
Each community college is different. For many years, ours allowed students to begin at age 14. After some complaining from adult students, the age has been raised to 16 for english and math courses. I believe the arts and music remained at age 14 because Ems music teacher told her she can enroll in flute at the college if she wanted to play music with other people. Speaking for us, there are certain required courses Ems will be expected to have taken in order to get into a university in CA. We are trying to cover these courses at home since it is cheaper. But, there is a possibility that Ems will enroll for advanced lab sciences and math.
my ds may be in science for physics after Chem cause they offer it, and he will be a senior then. he has been able to take classes at teh cc but I dont want to push him out yet, dd went early and she has now realised ( 2 yrs later) she is just now with kids her own age , it was odd she said being with adults while still a teen at 16. she was of course ahead of many of them in learning but had to give them respect just the same. just something to think on.
When I was taking English at the college, there were two twin girls who were also enrolled at the college. They were 14 years old and homeschooled. For the most part, they were well liked and well behaved. Some students didn't think they should be there while others believed that if they were behaved and able to comprehend, then they had every right to attend. Honestly, I think they were more mature than some of the adults. lol
now at 18 finally she found some kids her age but they all have friends from High School with them so that is another thing to deal with. I think when she does go off to transfer to U she will make at least a dorm mate friend, but I kinda feel sorry for her in that department. good thing, I am taking her to tour at a school near one of her friends who I think graduates from home school this year, so she can maybe go to this same U next year with her..
I know when my dad was a recruiter in the 90's he had one boy that he put in the military that graduated community college in the morning then high school that afternoon. I'm not sure what kinds of requirements there are in your area I would say talk to the schools and find out. I really don't know much on the subject since dd is only 7.
My friend's daughter graduated from high school the same day that she graduated from community college. She graduated with an AA and AS. While this wasn't her intention, being homeschooled allowed her the time to take extra classes at the college.
I'm guessing that many CCs admit juniors and seniors from high school more readily than youngers? In Louisiana, the requirements are ridiculously high unless you're coming from a public high school with a principal's approval. And they're not free for dual credit, like they are in lots of states. Bummer!
Our local community college isn't free for duel credit, unless the course is taught on the high school campus itself. I took a college English class in high school and it was free, but taught by a college teacher. The college overflow was also allowed to attend the class on the high school campus. Classes that are taken on the college campus have to be paid for. If I remember correctly, the public school actually paid for my sister's classes. I do not know how it works these days since it has been a while, but the last I heard, homeschoolers have to pay for duel credit since we operate as private schools.
Christine you might also check to see if your cc has homeschool classes. FLCC over here offers a couple of classes a year just for homeschoolers. You still have to pay for the credits but the class just has homeschoolers in it. Also check with your local district to see if they have any programs with local colleges. In our district any student (homeschoolers too) with over an 80% average and taking either 6 classe or 6 credits I cannot remember which can take upto 2 classes at RIT or UofR for free (except books of course). That is one perk that makes me want to stay in district.
Our local community college does 15, I think....but they also have the awesome program of dual credit, so they count as high school AND college credit. They only count as college if you get an A, but still! Our CC also has a program where if you attended in high school and earned credits for college, you can get into their "Honors College Program" after you graduate and get TWO YEARS of college for FREE!!!! What a great way to earn you "basic" credits. My friend's son is doing this right now, and after two years, he'll transfer his credits to a university. This is helping them get their older son out of college before their middle goes (oldest son is a Jr. this year). i think that's awesome! I also think it's perfect for the kid who's not 100% sure what they want to do. Gives them a chance to do college without spending an arm and a leg for it. Anyway, we'll be looking into that for our daughter when we get older. I mean, she's only 8th grade right now, but she doesn't have a CLUE what she wants to do when she grows up.
