Question about taking non-dual credit college classes during high school

PurplePlum
Sat, 09 Jul 2016 13:46:18 +0000

Wow Pentaprism–that’s impressive that your daughter accomplished all of that! Incredible!

I have been looking into early college entrance programs for her as well (thanks for the suggestion LoveTheBard). She would have to take a course or two over next summer I suspect in order to have the appropriate credits to graduate early unless I find a program that lets her enter without a high school diploma–though I’d have to investigate exactly which courses would be required to have been completed were we to go this route. My issue is that she was tested as highly gifted and she has always breezed through her courses, especially in math and science. She learns extremely quickly, which is the main issue. So, it does not seem to matter the level of difficulty of the courses, she is very unchallenged and bored in class and it has gotten worse instead of better now that she is in high school.

You are right Bookworm, we do have time to decide. She has until the end of her sophomore year to let her counselor know if she plans to graduate early and it is possible for her to do so, though as you pointed out, she will need to take summer course(s).