I started dual enrollment classes as a high school sophomore at 14. It was important for me to be able to qualify for new freshman scholarships when I went to college. The colleges I was applying for considered you a freshman for application purposes if you had not yet completed 30 credits. So I ended up taking exactly 29 college credits in high school. I graduated after my junior year (got a scholarship from the state for graduating early), went to college considered a true freshman, and finished my associate's degree that first year. My state also gave scholarships for students that finished their associate's degrees by the time if their normal high school graduation, so I got that scholarship as well.
