The Running Start Program

[Mungaf]

Has anyone here done or is doing something like the Running Start program? It may go by different names in different places, but basically it's a program where students take classes for high school and college credit through a local Community college. Anyway, who has done it here? Is it mega stressful? Hard? Any classes that are really cool? I'm going to start next school year and may even start going for every class.

 

[blackheart]

Has anyone here done or is doing something like the Running Start program? It may go by different names in different places, but basically it's a program where students take classes for high school and college credit through a local Community college. Anyway, who has done it here? Is it mega stressful? Hard? Any classes that are really cool? I'm going to start next school year and may even start going for every class.

We don't have an official name for it but we can take college courses while in high school where I go to. I really wouldn't recommend it, since its an actual college course designed for college students who don't have to go to regular 7 hours a day school. I wouldn't imagine it would be too hard, but there would be a lot of homework (depending on course).

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

When and where I went to school it wasn't offered. In fact most of the few of us who actually made it to college had to take remedial classes just to catch up to the 'regular' kids.

However, my wife did and loved it. Stress is relative to the student. If you have to take a class anyway you man-as-well get ahead. My wife finished her freshman year worth of credits while in high school.

 

[Mungaf]

Thanks for the advice. The thing is that high school is boring the hell out of me, and if I don't take something that I really love my brain may just go and eat itself. You can even go all the way and get a 2-year degree when you get your diploma.

 

[WillJ]

So wait, if you do this program, will you still have to go to your high school for the full day every day?

If not, it sounds great (since high school is boring you) and I'd do it if I were you. But if it's complementary to your HS education, then it sounds like it'd take too much time from your hands. But I wouldn't know, since I have no experience with it myself.

 

[Mungaf]

So wait, if you do this program, will you still have to go to your high school for the full day every day?

That's the beauty of it. The courses there fufill high school credits too. I could concievably fufill all the rest of my credits and never have to set foot in my high school again.

 

[IglooDame]

That's the beauty of it. The courses there fufill high school credits too. I could concievably fufill all the rest of my credits and never have to set foot in my high school again.

One class = credits valid for both high school and college diplomas? Sounds like a no-brainer to me.

 

[Gothmog]

When I went to high school (20 odd years ago) the whole AP system was just being set up. The first one was introduced at my school when I was a senior (an english class, and I did take it). Some kids at my school did take classes at a local community college, I knew a few. It seemed to me that it took them out of the high school social network pretty effectively and didn't give them an additional social network.

I never saw the point of it, why not just test out of high school and go directly to community college for a year or two before university? I knew a couple people who did that too, including my wife. I am considering recomending this path to my children when they get old enough.

Is there some advantage to still being labled a high school student when you take all your courses at a community college?