<p>Just graduating high school with over 60 credits does not mean that you have earned an A.A. degree. Dual enrollment students are not considered to be in a degree program unless they actually enroll in that program. It is usually a separate application form and entrance requirements (if you are talking community colleges). If you apply to college after graduating high school, but with say 60 college credits taken as a dual enrolled high school student, you would be considered a freshman with junior standing (if all credits are accepted). That would give you benefits like priority registration (before freshmen and sophomores) and the ability to graduate early if desired or a lot of extra room in your schedule to take advanced classes. If you have specifically enrolled in the A.A. degree program in college while still in high school then you will graduate with an A.A. and a high school diploma. You most likely will have to apply to college as a transfer student. You will also be able to graduate early. A drawback is that you might be limited in scholarships because many of those are only available to freshmen applicants. </p>
<p>Most colleges I am aware of do not count dual enrollment high school credits against the credit cap. (credits earned in an A.A. Program would be).</p>
<p>As to what credit are transferred, as mentioned above, many times it is not up to the student. A lot of very selective schools will not accept transferred credits (they would prefer you pay for their classes!). A lot of state schools will accept all of them, whether you want them to or not. There’s no picking and choosing. (reason why you should only take college level courses if you are sure you can do well, otherwise you will sabotage your college GPA).</p>
<p>As long as all of your college courses are taken before high school graduation, and you are not enrolled in an A.A. program, you will be considered an incoming freshman. (of course there may be exceptions to the rule, but that is pretty standard)</p>