Should I switch into AAA, SAS, or IB

Gator88NE
Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:41:24 +0000

@MYOS1634 AAA and SAS are Duel Enrollment programs.

SAS (Miami-Dade College) and AAA (Florida International University) are 2-year programs beginning in Junior year. They offer students the opportunity to earn their Associate of Arts (AA) degree while still in high school. Students will take a combination of Advanced Placement (AP) and college courses during the two-year period.

FYI.

At UF, a freshman applies to the university and not to any college. That means your major does not mater in admissions. However, if you earn your AA degree, via DE, you also have to apply to your college.

For example, lets say you want to go into Aerospace engineering. As a normal freshman (including IB program graduates), you would apply to UF, and your major is not consider. If you’re accepted, you can pick any major, including Aerospace. You’re IB classes will have earn you college credit, so you like start out as a 2nd year student (which will give you a higher priority in selecting classes!), but you will need to still take most of your critical tracking classes.

If you earn your AA, then you have to apply to UF and to the college of engineering’s aerospace program. The university will consider your application and if you met their requirements, they will then hand it off to the college of engineering. Now the college will consider your application. They will want to make sure you’ve meet the engineering core requirements. These include taking the critical tracking classes (Calc 1, 2, 3, Physics 1, 2, Chemistry 1, and Differential Equations), as well as meeting a minimum GPA target (which shouldn’t be a problem, if you got accepted by the University).

DE students with AA degrees will sometimes not get accepted till a few weeks after the normal acceptances go out for freshman (2nd Friday in February), as they applications take longer to review.

Either path (IB or DE) will get you into U, I don’t think one has much of an advantage over the other. IB is a more standard path and a bit more flexible (you can change majors at will your first 1 or 2 at UF), while DE will lock you into the program you’re applying too. Personally, I would lean more toward the IB program, but the DE path could get you to graduate much earlier (a year or more).

In the University of Florida forum, you can ask other accepted students and parents about the IB vs DE path (for engineering). They can share their experiences.

I would contact GT admissions department and ask them about accepting DE students who have earned an AA degree. The state of Florida has an arrangement setup between it’s community colleges and universities, so most if not all classes can be transferred. I’m not sure what GT’s policy is on DE/AA students, so I would ask.

Good Luck!!