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Quote by: Dr.Vendetta  Ok, I have another question about trying to save money for college. Right now, I am taking as many college level classes as I can because they are free when I take them at the high school. Now, should I take these classes again in college, or are the classes I am taking now sufficient? I really want to try to save as much money as possible, but at the same time, I don't want to go to college not knowing all that I should. Any advice? |
If you are taking "Advanced Placement" classes then make sure you take the AP tests at the end of them and do as well as possible. I took AP Calc and AP Biology my senior year of high school and I effectively tested out of a few thousand dollars worth of college classes.
Also I agree with the other poster. Go to a community college that recognizes your AP credits, get an Associates degree (2 year degree) from them and then transfer to a university that recognizes your community college associates degree as meeting all of their general education requirements. That means you save tons of money and you get to take all the fun classes of your major area of interest for your Junior and Senior year at the university. Also, as I said before, if you do well at community college you will probably also be able to get a community college transfer scholarship from the university.
Of course, if you did really well in high school and some school wants to pay your way then forget all that, except for the AP classes, and jump on it. AP classes, though, are money in the bank. Make good use of them.