Would a class or two taken during a gap year make student a transfer applicant?

parentologist
Sun, 31 May 2020 15:58:42 +0000

We’re trying to plan for the coming year for my kid who would be a high school senior. We had to send him to live with his older brother 2000 miles away because of coronavirus (household member on cancer treatment). Kid only has a year of English and a year of US History, plus a semester of gym left to complete high school. I’m strongly considering leaving him with brother, having him take a premed class like General Chemistry at the local flagship U, do CLEP for the English and History, and continue to study music at that flagship U, or continue at Juilliard precollege if it’s online. I am convinced there is no way that schools are going to be able to stay open next year. At the first sign of coronavirus in school or on campus, they’re gonna move right back to online, which has been less than satisfactory at high school and college level.

I’m worried about making him into a transfer applicant, rather than a traditional applicant. He already has three full year courses from high school on our state flagship U’s transcript, plus an AP, but those don’t make one a transfer admit, even if you have two years’ credit. Would one year long science class at another state’s flagship, while doing online to finish up high school, turn one into a transfer applicant?