Summer classes prior to Freshman year

<p>Do check first that taking summer classes between graduating HS and starting in the fall will not have an impact on your freshman status. I’m sure it varies by school and state, so it may not be an issue for you. But a few years back our State U warned students to be cautious about taking classes elsewhere between graduating HS and starting in the fall, especially if they were coming in with AP credits as it could change them to being categorized as transfer students, making them ineligible for any freshman scholarships they had been awarded. (it was some convoluted thing to do with the way AP credits are recorded - possibly just in our state. As a freshman they are not added till the end of the first semester so the student keeps freshman status till the end of semester 1. But if the student takes summer classes at a CC the AP credits were added to that transcript, possibly pushing the credits high enough to make them transfers).</p>

<p>Possibly not an issue where you are. But please check to make sure, especially if you have any freshman scholarship $$$s on the line.</p>