Teenager Testing Question

[Levi]

Are there any age minimums or anything special that must be done if they are under 18 and haven't graduated high school? Has anyone had any problem getting colleges to accept the credit if it was earned prior to graduating high school?

Good for your son starting college early! Whoo!

I know that Thomas Edison State College officially has a minimum age requirement of 21 to enroll. However, it is common knowledge that TESC will waive that requirement if that person already has earned at least 30 credit hours from other sources. I think I also heard that a high school diploma was also required for enrollment, but I'm not positive. It seems like Farmerboy on this forum graduated from TESC before he graduated from high school.

[Farmerboy]

Thomas Edison will waive the age requirement if you send the Dean a letter stating how many credits you have earned and asking for an exemption. Your son probably won't need to enroll until he has around 90 credits and shouldn't have any issues getting accepted. A high school diploma is not required for acceptance if you receive the exemption. Enjoy the journey!

[rmroberts]

Hey! I just turned 16 a week ago and I have been working on my degree for a little less than three months and I already have 39 credits! (30 from CLEPs, 3 from DSST, and 6 from online courses) I will officialy graduate HS in May, even though I already have all my HS credits; and hopefully graduate college by years end. Then on to Masters Degree! Your son can defiinately do it. It is soooo much better than wasting (in my opinion) 4 years at traditional school. You can get HS credits from CLEPs, unfortunately I did not learn about CLEPs until I had all but 3 of my HS credits. It would have been a huge timesaver, but I guess I have a little time I am getting my degree from TESC and there is no problem w/ getting credits before I graduate HS. If you need a guide, you might want to look into CollegePlus. They specialize in Homeschooled Highschoolers getting college credit. But you could probably do it even if your son goes to public school. You probably don't need them though since you have gone through this. I just though I'd throw that out there. Let me know if you have any more questions I can answer. Good luck to your son!

[Shawn A]

My daughter did A&I Literature when she was 14. She just turned 17, and is graduating in July with an AA from Charter Oak.

Her CLEP tests include:

American Govt
A & I Literature
Calculus
English Comp w/ essay
Intro to Sociology
Humanities (next week)

Her DSST tests include:

Into to Computing
Religions of the World
Personal Finance (planned May)

Good luck!

Shawn

[PonyGirl93]

My daughter did A&I Literature when she was 14. She just turned 17, and is graduating in July with an AA from Charter Oak.

Woohoo!! That's fantastic. What is her degree in, and what does she want to do with it?

[Shawn A]

Woohoo!! That's fantastic. What is her degree in, and what does she want to do with it?

Her AA from Charter Oak will be in General Studies. She is attending Southern Virginia University in the fall as a Liberal Arts major. SVU awarded her a large scholarship, and she's not done applying for them.

Shawn

[NAP]

Hi Marianne!

While searching for a different policy, I found EC's policy on this. In the 2009 Student Policy Handbook page 26, it says that students without a high school diploma are eligible for admission. For the actual degree to be conferred, they must meet certain requirements - see handbook for more info.

Also, don't forget that EC awards credit for IT certs.

This is exciting! I'm looking forward to following his progress!