Colleges don't really take AP courses in the way you're describing. I took every single AP and dual credit course in HS I was offered and a few more I wasn't. Did you know schools can just order the test for you without the class? Anyway, I went to uni with 80ish credit hours which "coincidentally" didn't count for any of my major classes or electives.
So the AP as a means of saving $$$ loophole has been hard closed.
I guess but I went to a major well-known university that isn't weird or exceptional in their process and has the same table of AP to course number mapping for every student so we were all in the same boat.
And in hindsight of course that's how it works, both because the university isn't keen on cost savings but also because every student is coming loaded with APs. AP physics isn't "college physics" anymore it's just high school physics and the optional prereq to Physics 101.
I made it to College half a semester off from being a Junior. You can get a ton of college credit before college; and then I quit before I flunked out because I never learned study skills.
You can straight up attend community college while in high school. That's what I did, tons of fun. Then I failed a couple of online classes because I wasn't really taking them seriously.
Then I took in person classes at 18/19, fixed my GPA and generally did well. The only classes I really struggled with was Japanese and later French.
With Japanese I pissed my Korean girlfriend off, and had to drop it. French I took for a pass/no pass and absolutely failed.
You absolutely can get a BA by 20, but I'd be more interested in WHY you'd want to speed run academia. Sounds really stressful...
> You absolutely can get a BA by 20, but I'd be more interested in WHY you'd want to speed run academia. Sounds really stressful...
Even if you have all the money in the world, US high school standards are very low. With some affinity for reading and access to the internet, one can be learning at a far quicker rate, even without sacrificing social life outside of school.
Many kids in the US already do this via Advanced Placement testing, but some states also allow high school students to take college courses.
1. You want or need to be making money instead of spending it.
Eg, no family wealth involved; you’re paying for everything yourself
2. You don’t enjoy the high pressure (ish), test-driven environment and want to be doing more meaningful work.
Etc. The number of people who don’t want to spend money and time in college might surprise you. I even know some very academically successful ones with this attitude.
So the AP as a means of saving $$$ loophole has been hard closed.