11-yr-old’s Ultimate Goal: phd Theoretical Mathematics

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So Modern States was reimbursing for AP exams in the past, you're going to want to check on those. Keep your receipts for the exam as well as any fees, and then submit them to MS and you'll get the entire amount back. We are actually in the process of seeing if this is still the case, I'll try to update when I find out.

You cannot get financial aid when you're still a HS student, so your best bet is to wait for college for that. So his best bet at this point is AP and CLEP. They don't say if they have a maximum number of CLEP credit you can take, so you should try to find that out. https://www.uttyler.edu/registrar/credit...nation.php

If your kid is in the position of getting a full-ride scholarship, you should NOT be looking at TESU. Not that there's anything wrong with the school, but honestly, your state school is going to be free, while TESU won't no matter what. There is zero sense planning a degree from there.

Now, if you want him to take tons of CLEP exams, and he has free vouchers (don't forget to keep receipts for the testing center fees for reimbursement), then by all means do so. The worst thing that can happen is he reaches a max, or doesn't have a place to put the credits. But it's certainly easy enough to put the "proof" of college-level work on his HS transcript by showing his CLEP exam score.

Honestly, your best bet is to plan out a BA in Math degree at your local school, take as many AP exams as possible (if possible), take CLEP exams, and then hope for that financial aid/scholarship for the free degree with a bunch of credits already taken.

Last but not least, there's nothing stopping you from taking all of the free stuff that's ACE/NCCRS approved. But, there's not a lot out there. If you have limited funds, I wouldn't waste them on ACE stuff where it's unlikely to be accepted. But free, definitely.

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Saylor - courses are free, exams are $25 (although I've heard you can get them for free if you have your own proctor, don't quote me on that).
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