OT: The U and early enrollment

[SoFla-Hawkeye]

Miami announced 18 signees with 11 of them planning to enroll in January. What does a kid have to do in order to graduate early? How are they able to take the required senior coursework ahead of time? 11 of 18 seems crazy high. Is this the new norm?

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

Miami announced 18 signees with 11 of them planning to enroll in January. What does a kid have to do in order to graduate early? How are they able to take the required senior coursework ahead of time? 11 of 18 seems crazy high. Is this the new norm?

Thug U probably doesn't care if they have a H.S. diploma or not. They've got boosters that can produce a GED for anyone on demand. That's nothing compared to organizing all the coke and hookers they need every weekend.

 

[DogBoyRy]

Miami announced 18 signees with 11 of them planning to enroll in January. What does a kid have to do in order to graduate early? How are they able to take the required senior coursework ahead of time? 11 of 18 seems crazy high. Is this the new norm?

Part one is most public schools and some private you can hit the requirements for graduation in 3.5 years due to 7 plus periods.
Second part is if you get thru the clearinghouse you’re good to go and that looks at min requirments, grade point and act/sat score.

 

[TailgateTom]

It’s not that uncommon for students to graduate early. Here’s one for ya, we actually had a kid earn an AA from Kirkwood at 16.

 

[MepoDawg#]

There are kids in Iowa who graduate with their AA before completing high school. If your high school offers it then I would highly suggest pushing your kids to take college classes while in high school.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Given Miami's reputation as a top notch educational institution and their extremely high entrance requirements for football players, having a majority be brainiacs who graduated in 3.5 years makes sense.

On a serious note, graduating HS with an AA degree? That means that you finished your high school requirements (including the usual college prep curriculum) and two years of college courses in four years. That's six years of material, much of which includes a series of prerequisites, in 4 years. I've heard of people earning a semester's worth of college credit, but never heard of earning a 2 year degree while still in high school. The only way I see that happening is if the kid takes a heavy summer course load and has some courses count for both high school and college credit.

I'll ask my daughter (no pics). She graduated HS in '17 with a 4.0 and took all the advanced courses (AP, honors, etc.). She knows all the high performers in a HS with 2000 students, she'd know if that was happening at her school.

 

[DavenportHawk8]

I believe Davenport North had something like 30 some students graduate last year w/AA degrees from the local Juco. I think that’s what I heard.

 

[MepoDawg#]

Given Miami's reputation as a top notch educational institution and their extremely high entrance requirements for football players, having a majority be brainiacs who graduated in 3.5 years makes sense.

On a serious note, graduating HS with an AA degree? That means that you finished your high school requirements (including the usual college prep curriculum) and two years of college courses in four years. That's six years of material, much of which includes a series of prerequisites, in 4 years. I've heard of people earning a semester's worth of college credit, but never heard of earning a 2 year degree while still in high school. The only way I see that happening is if the kid takes a heavy summer course load and has some courses count for both high school and college credit.

I'll ask my daughter (no pics). She graduated HS in '17 with a 4.0 and took all the advanced courses (AP, honors, etc.). She knows all the high performers in a HS with 2000 students, she'd know if that was happening at her school.

It’s not easy but definitely worth it if the kid is willing to work hard. It helps keep the cost of college down and makes it so they can earn a masters in 3-4 years. Wish I would have been able to do that but it wasn’t available.

 

[haightt]

Yeah, high school students in Florida have lots of options for early graduation. Panels County Schools here on the gulfside (St. Pete, Clearwater, Largo, Seminole, etc.) has a relationship with St. Pete College to even have kids get their AA by taking college-level classes at the same time that they're taking high school requirements. They then can transfer to any of the 12 public universities or colleges like St. Pete and get their BA. Tons of dual-enrollment course offerings as well.

 

[ichawk24]

Every edge is now being standardized. They now have mentors guiding them into a framework that gets them ahead.

A growing number of college players, primarily QBs, are on path to graduate in 3 years, so they can be a grad transfer with two years left to play.

 

[TailgateTom]

Given Miami's reputation as a top notch educational institution and their extremely high entrance requirements for football players, having a majority be brainiacs who graduated in 3.5 years makes sense.

On a serious note, graduating HS with an AA degree? That means that you finished your high school requirements (including the usual college prep curriculum) and two years of college courses in four years. That's six years of material, much of which includes a series of prerequisites, in 4 years. I've heard of people earning a semester's worth of college credit, but never heard of earning a 2 year degree while still in high school. The only way I see that happening is if the kid takes a heavy summer course load and has some courses count for both high school and college credit.

I'll ask my daughter (no pics). She graduated HS in '17 with a 4.0 and took all the advanced courses (AP, honors, etc.). She knows all the high performers in a HS with 2000 students, she'd know if that was happening at her school.

Keep in mind AP courses are different than actual college courses.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Keep in mind AP courses are different than actual college courses.

Yes, I know that.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Checked with my daughter (again, no pics). She's not aware of anyone in her school who graduated high school with an AA. More power to those that are doing it. College has gotten prohibitively expensive. Any way to make it less expensive is a good thing.

That being said, I'm not fully on board with the "get my kid a headstart" cold war that's been going on for the last 20 years. From sports to hobbies to education, parents are pushing their kids harder and harder to get a leg up on the other kids. Where does the escalation end? Meanwhile, suicide rates are climbing...correlation? Who knows. I support my kids' decisions and help them in any way they I can to reach their dreams, but I won't be the helicopter parent pushing their kids to better than everyone else's. I support them pursuing their dreams, not pursuing mine.

 

[hawkblood]

Miami announced 18 signees with 11 of them planning to enroll in January. What does a kid have to do in order to graduate early? How are they able to take the required senior coursework ahead of time? 11 of 18 seems crazy high. Is this the new norm?

Thug U probably doesn't care if they have a H.S. diploma or not. They've got boosters that can produce a GED for anyone on demand. That's nothing compared to organizing all the coke and hookers they need every weekend.

Hey hey watch your voice lol.

 

[doughawk]

The negative comments about the U of Miami are way out of line and shows complete ignorance by the poster. The U has a great academic reputation and would more than stand up to the U of Iowa.

 

[Roy-munson]

When I was in high school if you didn't have study halls and took only core requirement classes you could graduate in 3years

 

[Roy-munson]

The negative comments about the U of Miami are way out of line and shows complete ignorance by the poster. The U has a great academic reputation and would more than stand up to the U of Iowa.

It would prolly stand a lot taller then Iowa