Home-school / Dual Enroll / CLEP questions--

[lexiiam]

ShawnA, that is an AWESOME portfolio design!

My daughter, too, just now enrolled at Clovis for 2 courses this summer. I enrolled her without even checking for transfer credit compatability at her *choice* 4-year state university, because I am assuming that the two courses in which I enrolled her--Spanish 1 and Philosophy Ethics (Humanities)--are easily transferrable, as both colleges are regionally accredited and these are core courses.

Our daughter took the math SAT last year, just a couple of months into Algebra 2, and scored a 500. Our local Florida CC has a cut-off of 530, and any SAT score below 530 means the student has to go into remedial math (non-college credit). However, another Florida CC just 2 hours away has a cut-off point of 500 (!) for the same course, and that CC offers the course online.

So, my daugher wants to take the CLEP College Mathematics for 3 credits, and enroll at the online CC (2 hours away) for the 2nd semester math course.

>>> This will mean that she will have credits from THREE different CC's, along with CLEP, and she won't even have an AA. Is there a limit to how many CC credit hours she can accumulate from any particular CC while still being a high school student?

Thanks!

[cjzande]

Okay - so I had this long post and it went away.... banghead

So now I'm gonna be brief. (Maybe that's a blessing?) We will be including the results of any tests on our HS transcripts. I am treating them with equal weight/respect compared to dual enrollment & distance learning, and since DE and DL courses are usually noted on the transcripts, we will also note the tests.

For example, my son is studying American History and intends to take the CLEP US history exams. The transcripts will show that he did a year of American History, and also note his test results. Essentially, you could say we are using the college-level tests as final exams.

*crosses fingers that this post works*

[Shawn A]

Okay - so I had this long post and it went away.... banghead

So now I'm gonna be brief. (Maybe that's a blessing?) We will be including the results of any tests on our HS transcripts. I am treating them with equal weight/respect compared to dual enrollment & distance learning, and since DE and DL courses are usually noted on the transcripts, we will also note the tests.

For example, my son is studying American History and intends to take the CLEP US history exams. The transcripts will show that he did a year of American History, and also note his test results. Essentially, you could say we are using the college-level tests as final exams.

*crosses fingers that this post works*

That is certainly a viable option as well. That's one of the beauties of homeschooling!

Shawn