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" &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m always confused when people talk about credits transferring from high school to college! What does this really mean?&amp;quot; Rachel, 17, Providence, RI Since almost every college and high school has a slightly different way of handling the transfer of credits, there&amp;#039;s no wonder you might be confused! First of all, it helps to understand how colleges generally calculate credits. The basic idea is that in order to get a college degree, a student must complete a certain number of credits. For instance, a school may require 120 credits to graduate, so over the course of 4 years a student may take some classes worth 3 credits, others worth 4, etc until it all adds up to 120.   Some high schools offer classes that earn credits that can transfer to college. That means those classes count toward your high school diploma and may give you some credits under your belt once you get to college. The benefit could be that you wouldn&amp;#039;t have to take as many classes in order to graduate or it could help you get into a more advanced course. For instance, if you get college credits for high school&amp;#039;s AP Calculus class, you might be able to skip ahead to another math course.   Now, before you get too excited about stacking up transfer credits in high school, just because your high school offers these classes doesn&amp;#039;t necessarily mean that the college or university you choose to attend will accept those credits. Make sure you check with each institution&amp;#039;s admission office to find out how they handle transfer credits. For schools that do accept them, it&amp;#039;s a great opportunity to get a head start on your college education and save some money. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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