[bradlys]

They don’t generally transfer for Ivys. Running start is something you do if you have no intention of going to prestigious private universities as it’s completely pointless (credits don’t usually transfer) and they don’t have a great process for evaluating such students into their programs. You’d only do it if you plan to go to a school in your state since transferring credits out of state isn’t always easy going.

[oasisbob]

Running start credits, being based on community college credits, don't even transfer cleanly to state schools. When I did running start, this was the cautious advice.

There are plenty of other reasons to do running start, aside from transfer credits. Access to higher level subjects you wouldn't have access to otherwise.

Personally, I traded high school PE for scuba and yoga, a full year of A&P, college calculus, and an intro year of psych.

Transfer credits had very little to do with it - it was just a more fulfilling curriculum.

[nordsieck]

> Running start credits, being based on community college credits, don't even transfer cleanly to state schools. When I did running start, this was the cautious advice.

My understanding is that there are been a number of reforms to WA community colleges that mean that a larger portion of community college credits transfer to public universities now. Of course, going out of state is a roll of the dice as always.

> Transfer credits had very little to do with it - it was just a more fulfilling curriculum.

Very true. I loved taking Microbiology as a HS student. Def something I wouldn't have gotten the chance to do normally. And CC offers far more advanced math than HS.