| When you homeschool high school, three months | | | | courses at a time, then three months later they |
| can equal one year - when your kids are doing | | | | take another three classes, and then another |
| dual enrollment at a local community college. Dual | | | | three. In the upper grades, almost everyone |
| enrollment is offered to students in many states. | | | | takes more classes than that. In high school, |
| It provides high school and university credit at the | | | | calculus covers... well, calculus. In a year of college |
| same time. Homeschoolers take advantage of | | | | calculus, students might cover calculus 1, calculus |
| dual enrollment to help defray higher education | | | | 2, and multivariable calculus. And so that is why... |
| expenses by allowing students the opportunity to | | | | What a secondary school calls one credit will be |
| earn university credit while still homeschooling. | | | | covered in one year, while a college will cover the |
| "3 months equals 1 year" because in a community | | | | same material in three months and call it 5 credits. |
| college, they don't spend a whole year going | | | | In other words, three months at a university can |
| through a textbook. They'll spend three months, | | | | equal one whole year of high school. |
| instead. For example, they might take only three | | | | Each university has it's own way of translating |
| months to got through a level of French that | | | | community college credits into their credits, and |
| would normally take a full year in homeschool. | | | | some don't take such credits at all. However, if |
| Similarly, in high school American History, it takes | | | | you are looking to try to reconcile college credits |
| a whole year to get a credit. At a university, you | | | | onto your homeschool transcript, you may want |
| can finish the course in a quarter or semester. In | | | | to consider the "5 college credits = 1 high school |
| addition, students will usually just take three full | | | | credit" equation to help you on your transcript. |