<p>If one has taken lots of (bot not enough to be granted a sophomore status when entering the college for the first time) AP/IB/and summer school programs that could be transferred as a valid set of university credits at a particular institution (both private and public),</p>
<p>can s/he pay less tuition in her/his freshman year than stated in college website?
For example,
Northwestern states that the tuition to attend NW is $36,756.
Then if one has almost every single credits ready to finish freshman year with taking only one class while s/he’s at NW as a freshman, can s/he pay a very small sum like $5000 while s/he is a freshman at NW? (of course, one will have to pay the regular 36,756 as a soph,junior, and senior).</p>
<p>At some schools you can be a part time student where you pay per credit hour. At Northwestern I think (not positive) that you have to pay the same amount of money no matter what you do.</p>
<p>Many kids who went through IB with me are entering college as a sophomore credit-wise and could thus graduate a year early, saving money. Even if you only have enough credits to enter as, say, a second-semester freshman credit-wise, it’s still a bonus because if you took a heavier course-load, you still have a better chance of graduating early.</p>
<p>Another way you might save cash is by opting out of the otherwise mandatory classes with your AP/IB credit (for a class with cheaper books) and thus saving on book money. But…that’s a little hard to calculate, haha.</p>