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Here in the rural Midwest, there are a lot of high schools that have set up a track whereby a student can earn an AA degree (or that many credits, anyway) by the time he/she graduates from high school. I don't know that the rigor of the courses taken equals that of lots of four-year colleges, and I also worry that students are then forced to make their career decisions at age 18 since they are going into upper-level classes immediately upon high school graduation. All the state universities and most private schools in my state accept these credits. and it is tempting to encourage a child to go this route because the family bears no cost for the dual-enrollment credits earned during high school.

Thanks, swimcatsmom. I will also post this in the pre-med forum -- but parents are sometimes just as helpful as students in answering these kinds of questions.

Aren't high school students earning lots of dual-enrollment college credits in other parts of the country?

I am just looking for some insight regarding how that kind of abbreviated college experience is regarded by graduate and professional schools.