Advise for a 9th grader

[clep3705]

Plenty of good advice here, but something important has been overlooked. College level instructors have different expectations than high school or middle school instructors. Is your child ready for that? It's not just the subject that matters, it's also the instructor and the instructor's disposition. Have you checked ratemyprofessors.com? That's more of a rhetorical question to make a point. You need to be mindful that all instructors are not alike. I would not put a 9th grader in a college class taught by an instructor for which 25% of the class drops out, for example. Talk to students currently enrolled or otherwise do something to understand what to expect. Are the syllabuses posted online? What courses are the currently enrolled dual credit students doing well in and enjoying? Courses are much easier when they are enjoyable. There's nothing wrong with having fun at school, although not all instructors believe that education can be fun.