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Hi!

This is my first day here, so I am a bit lost. We are just beginning our journey, and hopefully getting a jump start. We homeschool, and our youngest would be in 8th grade next year in traditional school. He is very much interested in design (think LEGO), so we are looking at various engineering degrees (mechanical, civil), but also perhaps marketing/business.

I would like to do high school while at the same time taking CLEP/DSST/FEMA as credit towards a degree.

I have read (and will read again) Jennifer DeRosa's book 'Homeschooling for College Credit,' which at this point has made this undertaking seem possible instead of daunting.

I would love any helps/suggestions for where to begin exactly. I am leaning toward the Math, English, and Foreign Language would be taken after learning the material, but some tests could be done as more a learn for the test type approach. Am I off base?

Has anyone done a business/marketing or engineer degree while doing high school? Should we focus on getting an associates degree first?

I'm having a brain disconnect on when to actually enroll in a school - and whether we should do a community college first for an associate's or straight to one of the schools that are mentioned here most frequently.

Thanks!

(Forgive any typos and misspellings)