@NCalRent Sorry for splitting each response like this, but there was a lot to unpack. My mom is the one who made me start taking a full load of concurrent enrollment classes, to save money. At my school, you can start taking 11 units a semester starting the summer after you complete the eighth grade. She would rather I switched over to middle college so that I wasn’t still taking my college classes outside of school hours, and so I could take more units per semester. But I wanted to stay with what I’ve been doing. The are no AP classes at my high school, and almost all available ECs meet during school hours. But I wouldn’t do an afterschool EC anyway. That time is for my homework, college classes, and work. I am definitely a part of my HS community. It’s a charter I got into by lottery. I am definitely soaking up the experience it provides me, which is why I did not want to go to middle college. But there is $0 money saved for me to go to my college, so money is the biggest reason for me to try to save years of tuition, fees, room & board, books and supplies, and other expenses. I’m not sure what motivation someone would have other than money.