Dual credit classes help promote growth By Isabella Gaspers
Dual credit college classes are a wonderful opportunity that a lot of schools have started to implement more and more. Dual credit classes not only help students meet requirements for high school graduation they also help students get a head start on college. I believe it is important for all high school students planning to attend college for two or four years. I for example plan to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion this coming fall to major in Health Science on the track for Occupational Therapy. Being able to take college classes has allowed me to get a head start on my bachelors degree. This helps me knock off time so I can enroll in med school earlier. After graduating this year I will be entering college as a sophomore instead of a freshman because of the college classes I have taken. That is a whole year of time and money that can allow me to get into the workforce earlier.
The cost of college continues to be a major consideration for many career paths, as a degree is frequently needed for a variety of occupations. This creates a difficult problem because if you do not have scholarships how are you supposed to afford this expensive thing that seems like a requirement for many? Dual credit college classes can help with this. They are free for us to take through Northeast Community College. You are knocking out real life college classes that other students are having to complete in college. The only difference is that you are not paying thousands of dollars for these classes.
