Converting College Credits to High School Credits

“Lee, question I can’t find answered on your website. Did your sons take any community college classes while still in high school? How did you give them credit for that? Was one semester of a college course a full credit or half credit of high school?
thanks.
Renee”

Hi Renee!

We did take community college classes in high school, and it was a mixed blessing for us.  We did one year of Accelerated Distance Learning (homeschooling college) and one year of community college.  I have written about some of my experiences with dual enrollment community college here, so that you can read about the pluses and minuses.

You can certainly give them high school credit for every community college class.  Make sure your transcript matches the community college transcript exactly when it comes to the title and course number of the class, so the University you apply to will know the exact class your child took.  When you convert the college credits into high school credits, each 5 or 6 credit college class is equivalent to one whole high school credit.  It’s unclear how to convert credits for a college class with less than 5 credits – each public school will do it their own way.  For me, I gave full credit for 4, 5, and 6 credit classes.  I gave 1/2 credit for 2 and 3 credit classes, and would have given 1/4 credit for 1 credit classes.  There is no real “rule” about how to do those.

One semester is absolutely one full high school credit.

Thanks for the great question!

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