Dual Enrollment

Students will need to apply through each college’s desigated dual enrollment process, and supply, from your accountability association, your current member letter as well as your most recent transcript. Most DE programs also require an association signature confirming you are a current student in good standing. Within your Faithful Scholars member portal, you will find a DE permission letter allowing you to skip this process (for 99% of all SC DE programs, Midlands Tech being the exception) saving you, college admissions, and FS valuable time.

In addition, getting numerical grades to your associations is important to track. FS accepts a direct submission from the college per student, an image of your student’s end of year college transcript, or direct email from student’s professor (stating numerical grade).

• Aiken Technical College, Granitville, SC
• Allen University, Columbia, SC
• Anderson, Andersion, SC
• Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
• Central Carolina Tech, Sumter, SC
• Florence-Darlington Tech, Florence, SC
• Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
• Midlands Tech, W Columbia, SC
• Northeastern Tech, Cheraw, SC
• Orangeburg Calhoun Tech, Orangeburg, SC
• Piedmont Tech, Greenwood, SC
• Spartanburg Community College, Spartanburg, SC
• Tecnical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort, SC
• Trident Technical College, N Charleston, SC
• USC-Lancaster, and various locations in most SC cities (Google USC, city name, dual enrollment)
• Williamsburg Tech, Kingstree, SC
• Winthrop, Rock Hill, SC
• York Tech, Rock Hill, SC

Dual enrollment credit will be awarded for college level classes. These are courses that can be transferred from one college to another for credit, which entails most DE courses. For colleges that allow you to take a DE class as an honors class with the option to pay a fee to get college credit, such as ASU, know that you must determine if it will be kept as honors or if you will pay to bump it to Dual Enrollment before June 5th (May 25th of senior year) of the year in which the course is taken. A student may not be ready for college math or college foreign language, and may have the option to take a remedial courses such as Math 032, Eng 031, etc. These classes are assigned Honors weight rather than DE weight, and do not transfer to other colleges. Have your student check with their DE admissions officer as well as their chosen future colleges as to whether credits will or will not transfer.

• Universally Transferable Courses in SC (list)
• Course Equivalencies between SC colleges (search)
• UnivStats
• Transferology
• College Transfer

Colleges apply letter grades rather than numerical grades.  Unless the college, student, or a parent submits supported documentation of the final DE numerical grade, Faithful Scholars and most other transcript-producing entities convert the letter grade to a numerical grade by selecting the “Middle Number”.  Using the SC 10 Point SCUGP Scale, this translates an “A” to 95%.  In some cases, this may cost your student a few points but in others, it might gain him/her a few points. It is always best to take the time to ask the professor for the final grade to submit with your EOY grade input by/before June 5th for grades 9-11 and by/before May 25th for seniors. Beautifully, more DE colleges/universities are directly submitting student’s end of term numerical grades directly to our office, but do not assume this will happen. Getting supporting documentation to us is your responsibility as we must confirm all traditional 3rd party courses/grades (think traditional high school and dual enrollment courses).

Getting your grades submitted to Faithful Scholars on time is important if you wish to be ranked for SC lottery money scholarships such as the Palmetto Fellows, Life, or Hope. For grades 9-11, the deadline is June 5th. For seniors, the deadline is May 25th.We always grant extensions when requested, but our academic year runs June 14th to June 15th, so you will technically be summer schooling as you complete your courses.

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This sounds strange, because, well, aren’t you taking the class through a college? It is an unusual offering but, there are a few (mostly online) colleges that allow you to take their classes as either an honors weighted class (at a much lower cost), or at a dual enrollment transferrable and college weighted class (at a higher price). This is a pretty cool option because your student might not do so well in the class, or you might not wish to pay the price for formal classes, HOWEVER, you MUST decide which level at which to complete the course before the end of your associations year in which the course is taken. 

For example: taking a class in the current year and paying for (only) honors weight/level, and then the following academic year deciding to pay to have it counted as a dual enrollment class and asking for it to be changed on your transcript – this cannot be done. So, make your decision before you input your course/grade.

Note that transfer colleges (those into which you transfer your DE credits) prefer in person coursework.

• Your child’s DE grades should balance with the grades they are receiving at home and in other programs.  If they are markedly different, please be prepared to submit your course outline and your grading policies.  These are either huge red flags or bright green lights when applying to 4-year colleges. If your student is earning high A’s in CP, and especially Honors classes, they should be earning high A’s in their DE classes. If there is a chance they might fail, withdraw before that period of penalization.
  • Having your student master the online platform used by his/her DE college to share assignments, quizes, and tests is vital!
  • Getting your student acclamated to who to go to for assistance or tutoring (available at most DE colleges) is key!
  • Sample DE transcript

• Standardized test scores are another area that colleges use to judge the accuracy of a parent’s grading/weighting skills. A child who attains high grades with 3+ Honors classes should be able to achieve a 1200-1400+ SAT or a 28-31+ ACT. Many homeschoolers are ‘poor test takers’ which colleges are beginning to understand, but they still use this scale, so when in doubt, be conservative in applying 98-100% and Honors weight.
  • Judy Fulmer of College PrepXcel is an amazing resource as a college guidance counselor as well as ACT/SAT prep! She homeschooled her own children and has a heart for SC college bound students.
  • Elizabeth Hartely of Scholarship Gold is another wonderful resource for college guidance. Ms Hartely comes from a traditional standpoint.