Hello! Thank you so much for your help!
To answer your question, I am hoping to become a physician and I would like to minimize the amount of time I am spending in school for things that are not prerequisites for medical school. I’ll be applying to BSMD programs across the nation in addition to UCs, so if I do not get into a 6 year BSMD program, I would really like to complete undergrad and medical school in 6 years as well…
I also would like to minimize the amount of classes my parents have to pay for, as I know that UCs can get expensive even in-state, and I do not want them to suffer much debt for classes if I end up not getting a job. The community college classes for high school students are free. I also just really enjoy learning and I don’t want to waste away during the summers, especially if I’m not held accountable, so I actually want to take the classes. I just think that if I have the credits, why should I have to stay in university for that long?
I asked mainly because I was told that many colleges won’t accept that many credits from a high school student, but I wasn’t sure if that was accurate advice. I double checked which of my APs would transfer and how many credits I would get if I do well on the exams, excluding the ones I would be required to take for my major/which wouldn’t transfer. I would have around 67 semester credits total from AP under those circumstances without my community college credits, give or take a few credits I will end up getting from classes I retake to follow medical school requirement or from human error haha. I’ll end up waiving one year with my community college credits.