Advice for a 13-Year-Old Working Toward a Finance Degree

[dfrecore]

I definitely agree that AP is the way to go if you are high school aged, and can find a school that will let you take the exams (schools do not HAVE to let everyone on campus to take these, unfortunately). But they are much more widely accepted than even CLEP/DSST. My son wants to go to the Naval Academy, and they will accept AP exams, but will not accept any other type of transfer credit (not even from a CC or 4-yr school!). I know they're not the norm, but there are lots of other schools with this type of policy (the UC system here in CA is an example - AP is a yes, CLEP/DSST is a no).

I also suggest Dual Enrollment, especially if it's free. There may be fees, and books, so it's not completely free, but may still be cheap. The only issue I've come across is that my local CC makes you get signed off by the local principal to be able to take courses if you're younger than 16, and then the instructor of each individual course has to also sign off as well. I've already been turned down by 1 professor who will not accept students younger than 16 for any reason (even computer programming? really? I know kids have gone to coding camps since they were 7!), and told by another that they would prefer my child take a 16-week course instead of the 8-week course being offered this summer. So find out if it's possible at your age to take courses.

CLEP/DSST would be my next choice, because of what rebel100 said.

My final choice would be the other options on this forum (SL, Study.com, etc.). It's not that I don't appreciate these options, it's just that for a teenager, getting these credits may actually shut doors instead of open them.

Good luck!