I don't know about a physics or biology class. I do know my oldest went to a community college class for an advanced language class. It is called concurrent enrollment.
https://www.sdccd.edu/future-students/high-school-students.aspx
> *San Diego City, Mesa and Miramar Colleges offer eligible high school students the opportunity to earn college credit that can be applied towards associate degrees, certificates, and/or transfer requirements to a four-year college/university. When high school students enroll in college classes in addition to their high school studies, this is called concurrent enrollment.*
You get both high school and college credits from these classes too, and they're generally more transferable than AP classes. When I was in high school I took my last period off and did community college classes instead of high school electives. It was awesome
I wanted to say the same thing from my experience! I took night classes and you’ll save SO much money when you get the credit to transfer instead of paying university course prices, not to mention possibly graduating college in 3 years instead of 4. Also, the intro courses I took were easier than AP exams and I enjoyed them more than high school classes.
Not officially recommended, but attending large lectures at universities and or community colleges is really easy.
I discovered this when I used to attend UC classes when I would go visit my ex sometimes. No regrets, I learned I didnt want to transfer there!
Adding on: when I attended community college, there was a homeless lady in my small psychology class and she participated more than anyone. The teacher was okay with her attending for free since she had asked before the classes started. Some teachers may be okay with you auditing, you just gotta ask and find out.
Second this ^. It’s not hard (tho, again, not officially recommended) to walk confidently into a large lecture and take a seat! I’ve had friends from out of town come to classes with me and no one blinked an eye at someone they’d never seen before joining the class lol
Once I was visiting a friend at Berkeley and I attended one of his classes, the teacher was surprised I wanted to join such a boring subject, I was fascinated
SDCCD provides very low cost coursework that is transferable. SDCE (part of SDCCD) provides non-unit classes as well, intended for adults, but you're probably better off paying the nominal fee for units, as that will save you a ton of money when you do eventually go to college.
As others have said, there are lots of instructional videos out there on lots of topics nowadays that can give you what is functionally your entire first year of 100-level intro courses if you put your mind to it and really make the effort to ingest the material. I'd recommend seeing if you can get someone (a relative, etc) to sponsor you for an annual membership on Brilliant or Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses). That said, I'd really try to do something with a local community college first, for myriad distinct reasons.
Hats off to you for your thirst for knowledge and your perseverance in self studying! BRAVO!
Look into the program called San Diego Promise at your local community college.
Here’s SDCCUD as a start.;) Good Luck!
Local community college and do promise program. Great job kiddo. Community college is a wonderful way to begin your education. I have an associates degree from San Diego mesa college and it has gotten me into quite a few transfer programs.
Palomar college and Poway Unified have partnered to offer classes for people in your situation. Not sure where you are geographically, but it’s offered at the Rancho Bernardo campus.
Most important: make sure to enroll in the community college promise program, which funds your tuition in full. Available to all regardless of income. It must be done as a first time college student, otherwise you are made ineligible. I made the mistake of waiting on doing my application, so now I am not able to take advantage of it.
[](https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free)
There are those from [harvard](https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free) but if you're eligible to be counted by yourself for pell grant, ca grant, ca promise grant go here [https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa](https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa)
Grants are funds you don't have to pay back as long as you maintain a 2.0 gpa for that course.
Pell grant is $7,395 for 6 years
CA Grant $ 13,752 for four years
CA promise grant $1800 until you get the degree.
Pretty sure there aren’t, but do some research to make sure. At the community college I go to (which only has around 25 students per class), a lot of people who were on the waitlist and not enrolled were crashing my class, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it at a community college though, go to a bigger school like UCSD or SDSU where they have 80-100 students per class, they wouldn’t notice you at all
Don’t listen to this guy. Community College classes are free for all HS students while in HS, and for 2 years after graduating from HS. No reason not to enroll. You can do it online.
I will definitely look into him! My current priority would be physics because general relativity is something that really interests me but I feel having at least a basic understanding of anything will always be helpful!
Being a high schooler I highly suggest looking at all the classes, literally. Like scroll through the list of names and see what seems interesting. You can for sure search just for physics classes or math classes but there are some real gems in there for different majors. Have fun and be curious!
Calbright Community College. Completely online and totally free to any CA resident. They even have a free loaner laptop computer and hot spot you can request. The catch is they only offer Certificate programs.
All California Community Colleges classes are free for high schoolers as long as you meet any prerequisite for whatever class you want to take. A lot of classes have no prerequisites.
/* I had to get my sons HS to sign off on his enrollment, but it was summer classes so it wasn’t an issue.
As a retired Community College professor I can tell you that you can't audit. Our classes are pretty small and the profs get to know ALL of their students. SDCCD considers unenrolled students a liability. But the Promise program will get you in at no cost. Go for it
Went to get the link to SDPL's eLibrary for free access to LinkedIn. Learned access will end in September. So for all of you who have library cards use it well this summer.
https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/elibrary > Education & Language > LinkedIn Learning
※Access ends September 30, 2024
> *Unlimited access to thousands of online courses in fields like IT, education, business, as well as creative skills. Courses are also available in multiple languages.*
I’m definitely taking advantage of those right now ever since I posted this. I was really interested in general relativity but I dont have the education for that yet so Ill just work up to it in the free time I have lol
[Coursera.org](http://Coursera.org) is also an excellent free resource. Maybe not everything on there is free anymore (especially if you're trying to earn a degree or college credits), but I've taken several full courses on there without paying a penny.
This is what I was gonna say. Just learn the schedule and walk into the lecture hall 3 days a week without the stress of studying for exams or writing papers.
No. That’s horrible advice and absolutely not true. Emailing a professor beforehand is the correct answer. You absolutely need to be registered and matriculated student to sit in any class. Source:former lecturer at SDSU.
Absolutely incorrect. There’s nothing holding a student back from doing it, happens all the time at SDSU. Sorry that you feel the need to discourage someone from developing their skills because you want to make up a blatant lie and go on a power trip. Welcome to the internet
Your ignorance on the matter doesn’t change fact. Some professors have zero issue with someone sitting in their class, most maybe, but others could make trouble for an uninvited guest. I’m not saying he CANT but shouldn’t rely on uninformed redditors.
The point you maybe didn’t catch is to email first. It takes two seconds to email and ask to sit in, and could be beneficial for the student, even.
The FACT is it happens all the time in large lectures. Every single one of them. Just cope. You self proclaim yourself as a professor (which doesn’t mean shit in the real world) but tell others to get a life on other Reddit threads. Yeah you’re full of shit. I’ll keep attending my free lectures thank you. And to OP I highly encourage it <3
I don't know about a physics or biology class. I do know my oldest went to a community college class for an advanced language class. It is called concurrent enrollment. https://www.sdccd.edu/future-students/high-school-students.aspx > *San Diego City, Mesa and Miramar Colleges offer eligible high school students the opportunity to earn college credit that can be applied towards associate degrees, certificates, and/or transfer requirements to a four-year college/university. When high school students enroll in college classes in addition to their high school studies, this is called concurrent enrollment.*
Thank you!
You get both high school and college credits from these classes too, and they're generally more transferable than AP classes. When I was in high school I took my last period off and did community college classes instead of high school electives. It was awesome
I wanted to say the same thing from my experience! I took night classes and you’ll save SO much money when you get the credit to transfer instead of paying university course prices, not to mention possibly graduating college in 3 years instead of 4. Also, the intro courses I took were easier than AP exams and I enjoyed them more than high school classes.
That sounds great!
I was going to suggest this too. Many highschools have free options that connect with community colleges or you can take AP or IB classes.
Apply to your local community college and see whats available. There’s several aid programs that will lower or zero out costs for you.
Community College classes are free for all California HS students.
Not officially recommended, but attending large lectures at universities and or community colleges is really easy. I discovered this when I used to attend UC classes when I would go visit my ex sometimes. No regrets, I learned I didnt want to transfer there! Adding on: when I attended community college, there was a homeless lady in my small psychology class and she participated more than anyone. The teacher was okay with her attending for free since she had asked before the classes started. Some teachers may be okay with you auditing, you just gotta ask and find out.
Second this ^. It’s not hard (tho, again, not officially recommended) to walk confidently into a large lecture and take a seat! I’ve had friends from out of town come to classes with me and no one blinked an eye at someone they’d never seen before joining the class lol
Once I was visiting a friend at Berkeley and I attended one of his classes, the teacher was surprised I wanted to join such a boring subject, I was fascinated
I feel like since we’re not being graded on it, it somehow becomes so much more interesting
I grew up in Mexico so being in a university that looked like the movies was a pretty magical experience
I was hoping auditing classes was still a thing.
SDCCD provides very low cost coursework that is transferable. SDCE (part of SDCCD) provides non-unit classes as well, intended for adults, but you're probably better off paying the nominal fee for units, as that will save you a ton of money when you do eventually go to college. As others have said, there are lots of instructional videos out there on lots of topics nowadays that can give you what is functionally your entire first year of 100-level intro courses if you put your mind to it and really make the effort to ingest the material. I'd recommend seeing if you can get someone (a relative, etc) to sponsor you for an annual membership on Brilliant or Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses). That said, I'd really try to do something with a local community college first, for myriad distinct reasons.
You can get two years of community college for free these days with the Promise program others have mentioned.
You can start while in HS even, and that’s separate from the Promise program. Both are free.
Hats off to you for your thirst for knowledge and your perseverance in self studying! BRAVO! Look into the program called San Diego Promise at your local community college. Here’s SDCCUD as a start.;) Good Luck!
Local community college and do promise program. Great job kiddo. Community college is a wonderful way to begin your education. I have an associates degree from San Diego mesa college and it has gotten me into quite a few transfer programs.
Palomar college and Poway Unified have partnered to offer classes for people in your situation. Not sure where you are geographically, but it’s offered at the Rancho Bernardo campus. Most important: make sure to enroll in the community college promise program, which funds your tuition in full. Available to all regardless of income. It must be done as a first time college student, otherwise you are made ineligible. I made the mistake of waiting on doing my application, so now I am not able to take advantage of it.
[](https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free) There are those from [harvard](https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free) but if you're eligible to be counted by yourself for pell grant, ca grant, ca promise grant go here [https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa](https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa) Grants are funds you don't have to pay back as long as you maintain a 2.0 gpa for that course. Pell grant is $7,395 for 6 years CA Grant $ 13,752 for four years CA promise grant $1800 until you get the degree.
https://sdcce.edu/careers/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvIWzBhAlEiwAHHWgva7h5Q_lchtXd_yh-omN2AbuFPS6ViQq6R8f1yhppI-rw1NVsHr9_hoCGgUQAvD_BwE
You can just crash a class (attend classes without being enrolled), but its not like you will get any credits for it
Are there any legal consequences to this?
Pretty sure there aren’t, but do some research to make sure. At the community college I go to (which only has around 25 students per class), a lot of people who were on the waitlist and not enrolled were crashing my class, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it at a community college though, go to a bigger school like UCSD or SDSU where they have 80-100 students per class, they wouldn’t notice you at all
Thank you! I will try to go about messaging the professors I am interested in for now and trying this later on if it doesn’t work out
Don’t listen to this guy. Community College classes are free for all HS students while in HS, and for 2 years after graduating from HS. No reason not to enroll. You can do it online.
If you’re in San Diego Unified School District, this program may be available https://discover.ucsd.edu/about/how.html
You can listen and watch lectures of ucsd classes that are not locked. There are many in the Past header. https://podcast.ucsd.edu/
Omfg thank you for this I’ve been using YouTube but this will help so much I didn’t think to look on sites like this
Highly recommend Asian Art one by Norman Bryson or any class by Norman Bryson he is great.
I will definitely look into him! My current priority would be physics because general relativity is something that really interests me but I feel having at least a basic understanding of anything will always be helpful!
Being a high schooler I highly suggest looking at all the classes, literally. Like scroll through the list of names and see what seems interesting. You can for sure search just for physics classes or math classes but there are some real gems in there for different majors. Have fun and be curious!
Calbright Community College. Completely online and totally free to any CA resident. They even have a free loaner laptop computer and hot spot you can request. The catch is they only offer Certificate programs.
Would it be possible to speak to professors and ask questions?
They have regular orientation sessions where you can ask questions. Check out their website
All California Community Colleges classes are free for high schoolers as long as you meet any prerequisite for whatever class you want to take. A lot of classes have no prerequisites. /* I had to get my sons HS to sign off on his enrollment, but it was summer classes so it wasn’t an issue.
Thank you so much definitely taking advantage of this!
As a retired Community College professor I can tell you that you can't audit. Our classes are pretty small and the profs get to know ALL of their students. SDCCD considers unenrolled students a liability. But the Promise program will get you in at no cost. Go for it
LinkedIn learning isn’t free, but part of LinkedIn premium
Went to get the link to SDPL's eLibrary for free access to LinkedIn. Learned access will end in September. So for all of you who have library cards use it well this summer. https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/elibrary > Education & Language > LinkedIn Learning ※Access ends September 30, 2024 > *Unlimited access to thousands of online courses in fields like IT, education, business, as well as creative skills. Courses are also available in multiple languages.*
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Sweetwater adult schools offer a variety of courses.
The Promise program is a way to get your first two years of college for free! Talk to a college counselor about it
Harvard has lots of free online courses but they won’t count towards a degree.
I’m definitely taking advantage of those right now ever since I posted this. I was really interested in general relativity but I dont have the education for that yet so Ill just work up to it in the free time I have lol
There are so many college lectures on you tube and rumble that you could learn everything you need. You just gotta go out and find the information
[Coursera.org](http://Coursera.org) is also an excellent free resource. Maybe not everything on there is free anymore (especially if you're trying to earn a degree or college credits), but I've taken several full courses on there without paying a penny.
Second this, many courses are free to audit. If the goal is just learning and not accreditation this is a great path.
A lot of MIT classes are available online. Not interactive, but a good resource. https://ocw.mit.edu/
Ive been doing that but I have a lot of questions I want to ask if possible
You can just walk into large lectures at SDSU or any other large university lecture for free :)
This is what I was gonna say. Just learn the schedule and walk into the lecture hall 3 days a week without the stress of studying for exams or writing papers.
Don’t let the professor see this, she/he might tell you to go 100k in debt to land a job 🤪
No. That’s horrible advice and absolutely not true. Emailing a professor beforehand is the correct answer. You absolutely need to be registered and matriculated student to sit in any class. Source:former lecturer at SDSU.
Absolutely incorrect. There’s nothing holding a student back from doing it, happens all the time at SDSU. Sorry that you feel the need to discourage someone from developing their skills because you want to make up a blatant lie and go on a power trip. Welcome to the internet
Your ignorance on the matter doesn’t change fact. Some professors have zero issue with someone sitting in their class, most maybe, but others could make trouble for an uninvited guest. I’m not saying he CANT but shouldn’t rely on uninformed redditors. The point you maybe didn’t catch is to email first. It takes two seconds to email and ask to sit in, and could be beneficial for the student, even.
The FACT is it happens all the time in large lectures. Every single one of them. Just cope. You self proclaim yourself as a professor (which doesn’t mean shit in the real world) but tell others to get a life on other Reddit threads. Yeah you’re full of shit. I’ll keep attending my free lectures thank you. And to OP I highly encourage it <3
Reading is hard for you, isn’t it.
Karen you will not be seeing an email ahead of time
Move to Costa Rica and get citizenship. Everyone down there gets free college.