<p>Hi I didn’t know where to ask this question, so I just posted here incase (and hopefully) it could save me money.</p>
<p>Title says it all. On my transcript, I have earned 133 credits between 9th and 11th grade. What does this exactly mean? How will this help me in college? Will it save me money? Thanks!!</p>
<p>You have 133 college credits? </p>
<p>Are they all “lower division” or are some “upper division”? Are they from online? Are they from colleges with strong accreditations (like WASC or SACS, etc)</p>
<p>Yes, having college credits can help you save money…HOWEVER, for some schools (like Calif publics) they can backfire and mean getting less aid.</p>
<p>Tell us more about your situation…</p>
<p>GPA
test scores
home state
colleges that interest you
budget (how much will your parents pay).</p>
<p>What transcript? High school, community college? I just want to make sure we are both talking about the same thing.</p>
<p>Hi Mom2Collegekids, you’re everywhere! I really appreciate you’re help. @Fluteloop, this is my highschool transcript. I’ve gone to a selective highschool that has its students take classes all taught at the honors level or above. All of my credits are from taking these classes at highschool. On my transcript this is written (i’m not sure what it means):</p>
<p>School Information: Member of
National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Math, Science and Technology
The Coalitoin of Essential Schools Accredited by:
Middle stats Association
The NJ Dept. of Education</p>
<h2>And this is the information about me:</h2>
<p>GPA: 3.7 (rigorous curriculum, top 100 hs) - graduating from program focused on engineering
SAT: 2020 …Math - 670 CR - 640 W -710 (retaking. aiming for 2150)
SAT 2: Math 2 790 , Chem 690 (retaking aiming for 750)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course load: Linear Algebra & Differential Equations, AP Physics C, AP Chem, IB Spanish 5, World Lit II</p>
<p>E/C: Internship w/ Orthopedic Surgeon (Private Business), Hospital Volunteer(Radiology Department, Labratory Department), Teacher’s Assistant for summer classes kids K-8, Camp volunteer for kids with mental illnesses, Battlebots board member & participant, President of club aimed to help autistic children, Freshman and Sophomore Soccer, National Honor Society, Internship at Private Pharmacy, Treasurer of SouthAsian Club and VP of World Hunger Club, Private Tutor of tutoring group created by friends, helped directed events including dance for school for kids with mental disabilities and an educational fair for inner-city kids</p>
<p>aimed major: 1. biomed eng 2. Chem Eng or Mechanical Eng.
no hook, NJ, middle class, nice essay, nice Math & Lit Recs, </p>
<p>CONS: asian (indian), C+ in drivers education and first aid, very competitive highschool (many kids with good stats).</p>
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<p>Considering Schools:</p>
<p>Reaches - Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Cornell, JHU, CMU, UNC</p>
<p>Targets - Lehigh, Tufts, GTech, URochester (legacy), Northeastern</p>
<p>Safeties - TCNJ, Rutgers, Stevens, UAlabama (maybe)</p>
<p>Hard to narrow down my list, applying to many so I can compare best financial offers. Target pay is up to 30k / year</p>
<p>Since the credits are for high school and not for college credit, I don’t think they matter. They care about what classes you took.</p>
<p>Oh I see. So they are only for the school to see if the students met requirements or something. Thanks</p>
<p>When you apply to colleges they will evaluate your transcript and the classes you took in the context of your particular high school. Some colleges will give credit for AP or IB classes depending on the score you received on the AP tests. You’ll need to read each college’s website to find out which schools give credit for those classes and what score you need to receive credit.</p>
<p>Some colleges have freshman take placement tests and some colleges will determine your placement based on your SAT or ACT scores etc.</p>
<p>While in general there are groups of colleges that do similar things, really each college is unique.</p>
<p>If any of these were AP courses and you took the AP exams and scored a 5 (sometimes a 4 depending on the college), you MIGHT be able to apply these courses to fulfill some college courses. </p>
<p>If these are just your high school courses, then no…no help with college credits at all.</p>
<p>One other thing, you “say” target pay…I assume you mean you need aid in the $30,000 range. The best thing you can do right now is sit down with your parents, figure out what their expected family contribution is going to be using the federal and institutional methods. Some colleges meet need, some colleges don’t and colleges can use federal loans, grants and scholarships to put together their aid offers. Then while you are researching schools where you might get a few credits for your AP scores also read up on what kind of aid is available. I’m assuming that the 3.7 is an unweighted GPA on a 4 pt. scale you you can look at the Common Data Sets and see where you fall in the range for students. To secure merit money from any of your colleges that offer merit money (not all colleges do) you need to be at the tippy top of the kids entering. A few hours spent on the computer will help you shape your application list.</p>
<p>Let me clear this up for you. In most high schools you have to have x amount of credits before you can graduate, but since you are at the top of your clas this has probly never crosed you mind. At my school it is 22 out of 25. the amount of credits you have to have is based on how your school gives credits. If you have never faild a class then your credits should be the same as every one in the top of your schools. Thus, since credits vary by school they do not mater at all.</p>
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