I'm beginning the journey into high school next year with my oldest and the navigation of all things overwhelming has begun. I have a cousin who successfully CLEP'd her way through most of college and is a huge fan of that opportunity. She did this after having been done with high school for awhile so her path and goals were clear. I have a soon to be 9th grader who doesn't know what he wants to do for a career so it's a bit more muddled. Here are my thoughts and I would welcome input... I figure for 9th and 10th grades, I'm going to teach him subjects like I had planned for these grades and then at the end of the year have him take the CLEP test. So while it's not Dual Enrollment, it somewhat mirrors that concept. He'll take the class with what curriculum / teaching methods I choose but still end up with college credit at the end. So maybe I will base these years on as many general classes as possible so he can CLEP those when he is done. For 11th and 12th grade, I'm wondering about doing a Dual Enrollment idea for the courses he is taking at that level -- either through our county college or through Liberty University Online. Do these ideas make sense? I would love to get a gameplan together so we hit 9th grade with a plan of attack in mind. Thanks! Kellie
I think CLEP and Dual Enrollment are both good options. I think I would check all of the colleges that you child may be interested in applying to to see if they accept CLEP and if so which ones would be accepted.
My oldest is a freshman in college this year. We enrolled her in a public cyber-school (ECOT) at the end of her Junior year so she could do dual enrollment her Senior year free. It worked out VERY WELL for her! If I knew then what I knew now, we probably would have enrolled her earlier, and let her do dual enrollment her Junior year, too.
Have you looked at a program like College Plus? I know one family that used this and their one daughter graduated from college at 17 or 18 yrs old.
Yes, look at College Plus. It's a pretty good program for most families. Look long-term, too. Some colleges only accept a certain number of hours via CLEP (or whatever), and some post-grad programs require classes rather than tests (so I hear... I've never seen one, but that's what I've been warned about).
