His cousin is a FR at TennTech, and did AP in HS in GA and got squat out of it. The only thing he got was reduced out of state tuition for being within 250 miles of campus. Got no concessions for being Salutatorian at his school in AP classes. (He screwed up though insisting he only wanted to come here. AS Salutatorian, he could have gone free on scholarship anywhere in GA). $800 a month private HS over in Covington (Peachtree Academy) and is so ill prepared for college. and college life. There's tons of advantages in college within the state you get your diploma. In TN now, if you are a resident, and obtain a TN HS diploma, the first two years at CC are free. He is doing his DE at Vol State, which has a transfer agreement with several in state universities. he will have no trouble transferring into TTU, and will have half his freshman courses complete by the time he graduates HS. Actually thought he did well respectively since he is only a JR. It was his HS courses this term that pissed me off. lol. Smart kid, but lazy on the studying. He is 4 points or more higher than state average in all his year end testing, and scored a 20 composite on his first ACT last spring as a Soph having not seen two years yet of Math and English and stuff on the ACT. And a 2 sport athlete to boot. I wear him out about playing two sports. Do that, and show a 25 on ACT with a 3.0 or better and you can do what you want.
Edit: He is not doing AP classes as yet, but he does have the college path curriculum. Actually, his advisor last year (biology Teacher and currently now MS vice principal), whom we got to church with, told us there's more to HS and life than AP. He put his son in AP Math and almost killed him with all the extra work. said it wasn't worth it, and just make sure to stay n the college path program and focus on doing well there.
