You see students who earn associate or bachelor’s degrees in high school yet your college tells you your teen can’t do this until they graduate high school. Who’s right?
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Dual Enrollment vs High School
Many homeschooling parents have never shared the role of “grader” with anyone before. If this is the first time your teen will be graded by someone else, here is a primer of what to expect as you think about the differences between high school and college.
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Parent Question: My teen doesn’t know what he wants to major in. Is it so bad if they change majors in college?
As many as 3/4 of college students change their major at least once! The numbers tell us that MOST students don’t have a good idea of what they want to study until they get in there and start studying it. That said, since changing majors can cost a lot of time and money, I have 3 suggestions to keep the chaos to a minimum.
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Parent Question: How important is college reputation when choosing a college?
Parent Robin from our HS4CC Facebook group asks “Honest opinion: When choosing a college to attend after graduating from high school, how important do you feel the college’s reputation is? Is it much better to choose a college that employers may have heard of before as opposed to one that they’ve probably never heard of? Or does the name of the degree matter more?”
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No Big Deal…1 in 5 “Some College No Degree”
As students are announcing their big college admissions plans, behind-the-scenes colleges are hoping you won’t see the new report from Student Clearinghouse “1 in 5 with some college no degree.” The industry even has a term for it “SCNC.” Can we get real about graduation rates?
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