Concurrent HS/CC grad to transfer?

kenf1234
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:57:13 +0000

It’s not actually an unusual situation. Two years at UC isn’t enough to prepare for grad school, depending on what you mean by grad school though… I think since he is still in HS, he can enter a UC as a freshman, he doesn’t have to to enter as a transfer, since he is still in high school, even with 60 CC units. That is my understanding. The credits will transfer, though, so he could graduate early if he wanted, or meet the GE prereqs, etc.

Certainly to save money you could apply and be accepted as a transfer and finish up in two years. If you were aggressive in your grad school prep maybe you could do OK. But for the best grad school results you would want to spend at least 3 years, just to take more advanced classes, make connections with professors, etc. Remember you apply to grad school in fall of your senior year, if you are a transfer you only have one year to make connections take advanced classes, etc.



Maybe there is a way to get out of HS and go to college early now? Who knows this stuff? Where else to look?



This is what I would recommend, but it’s probably too late. If he’s a sophomore now, I would apply as a junior to UCs as a freshman That’s why I did. The CC units will transfer, he could graduate in 3 years probably. That would be the best option IMHO. If he is already a junior it’s too late for all that. if he’s already a junior you could just drop out of high school too, continue at CC, and apply as a transfer. You can take the CHSPE (California High School Proficiency Exam), you don’t need a real high school diploma.