Efficient Associate degree plan from scratch

[cwendy111]

For many age is nothing but a number, for some schools (not many) but in the case of Excelsior as an example, as long as the student has a high school graduate parchment, they can be admitted even if they're a minor - I think this can be home-school or anything, such as getting one of those inexpensive online high school diplomas that have Regional Accreditation.

There are a small number of other nationally accredited colleges that operate a high school division that is Regionally Accredited, I recall a few Excelsior College graduates who finished a Penn Foster high school diploma at 12 and graduated Excelsior at 13 using the test out method, just doing the required courses at Excelsior.  Essentially all the work was done while working on that high school diploma!

In fact, there are some DEAC/RA schools that target high school/home school students and graduate them with an Associates degree while they graduate their High School diploma by providing dual enrolment and other options that allow them to complete the Associates while they're still in high school.  There really isn't a need to rush, allow the child to make their own decisions, but do provide them any alternative pathway option there is...

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My nephew and niece asked me for a high school & associates degree plan last year, basically, I informed them there are options to complete that if they ever wanted to be ahead - they're only 13 to 15.   Basically, since I used Penn Foster earlier as an example (unless they've made some changes), by using ACE and transferring 75% of the Associates/HS diploma and taking 5 required courses at the school in question, you can get both a High School diploma and an Associates at the same time using Penn Foster's Early College program.

Thank you for chiming in and providing some more information. I didn't invent dual enrollment or accelerated HS, I am merely partaking in the alternative pathways out there like everyone else. It's a shame more people don't know about dual enrollment, early college and these alternative credit pathways for their children. But I do know about them and plan to maximize them within my child's abilities and interests. There is no solid plan except to take courses as we go, maintain his interest and figure it all along the way. Hence the post. He likes gaming, so I searched for it and found out about XAMK in this forum. I am the most chill parent I know. Having someone judge me for wanting what is best for my child, is offensive in ways I cannot describe. I'm in several FB groups of hardcore homeschool dual enrollment moms and I consider myself a newbie novice taking it slow and easy. 10 yrs olds taking Trig. We are slackers if anything. The judgement I received here was really infuriating, hence my testy responses. "Don't judge or you too shall be judged."