Applying at TESC under 21

[benjenkinsv95]

I plan on applying at TESC by the end of the month in hopes of getting on their old degree requirement plans instead of the new ones and I was wondering what the best way to go about that was.

I am 18 and will be graduating high school within 2 weeks, I have 42 credits towards a computer science degree(12 dual credit, 6 ap credits, and 24 fema credits that TESC accepts).

From these boards it seems like anybody who is under 21 has to have a decent amount of credits to get accepted, I think 42 sounds pretty good for applying but I am far from certain if it is a good number and am planning on trying to fast track a college algebra or college mathematics clep and hope to get it done before applying.

Since I have to rush these other clep tests to try and get more credits and I also have to contact the director of admissions so he can waive my underage application, I am a little lost on when I should try to get the waiver and when I should apply.

Does anybody have any suggestions on when I should start contacting the director of admissions and when I need to apply??

[Publius]

First off, Congrats! Huge accomplishment completing highschool, especially with 42 credits! =D

You probably can wait to apply till you double your credit count (or around that area). If you're wanting to apply now to get in under their old system, that's something else.
Usually you'll want to wait till you have a year's worth of credit or less left till you enroll. Reason being, TESC's enrollment fee is pretty high and if you can go with one only year, that's best.
The actual process of having the waiver approved isn't going to take a while at all. I wouldn't worry about it (especially considering you have a highschool diploma).

Congrats again and hope this helped clear some stuff up. Take Care!

[benjenkinsv95]

Thanks!!

While the enrollment fee is pretty stiff I plan on finishing my degree within a year by being a full time student, so the fee shouldn't be a problem.
I am pretty dead set on getting in on their old system, do you have any idea how many credits I would need to get approval?
And I wont technically have the high school diploma for another 2 weeks....

By chance do you know if it is too early to send my dual credit transcript to TESC even though I havent applied yet??

[Publius]

Thanks!!

While the enrollment fee is pretty stiff I plan on finishing my degree within a year by being a full time student, so the fee shouldn't be a problem.
I am pretty dead set on getting in on their old system, do you have any idea how many credits I would need to get approval?
And I wont technically have the high school diploma for another 2 weeks....

By chance do you know if it is too early to send my dual credit transcript to TESC even though I havent applied yet??

Not a problem!

Alright good deal.
I would contact TESC tomorrow, in writing, and and confirm that if you apply before July 1st then you'll be grandfathered in under the old system. (This has already been established, but it's ALWAYs best to get it in writing to yourself). You won't have to worry about any minimum number of credits to apply. They're a state school and probably have a decent number of students coming to them with very few if any credits.
Yeah, I wouldn't be worried about that either. You should be fine.

Personally, I'd send mine in right as I applied. If they get it before you apply, they may just look at it, see there's no student in the system that matches it, and either throw it out or get lost, who knows. To be on the safe side, I'd just request the transfer credit when you apply.

Another note: You do have up after you apply, 6 months before you have to enroll (before you have to reapply). One thing you may want to consider doing is, using those 6 months to your advantage, at least 3 or 4 of them. Think of it this way. If you apply, and as soon as you're accepted, you enroll, you have 1 year to finish everything. If you use those extra months, and it turns out you didn't need them and you end up finishing in a year anyway you can still file for graduation. You can spend 4 or 5 months just CLEPing. You may say, heck this is harder then I realized and the extra time can come in handy. Regardless, it's a win, win situation, IMO. Just something chew on. (BTW, I don't know if I stated it directly, and I'm not sure if you know... but during those 6 months after you apply, you CAN send transcripts to them).