How can I enter a community college at age 13?

I'm rounding out the 8th grade and moving on to my freshman year next school year. I am a 4.0 student, and this summer, I'm hoping to enroll in a community college for college classes as a prelude for High School. Does anyone know how I can get enrolled - or if colleges even accept students of my age (if so, which community colleges in the Bay Area do you reccomend?) and if any exams or intervews are needed prior to acceptance? Thanks!

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You are certainly getting a jump start on college. Good for you!

Since you mentioned the Bay Area, I checked on the website for my Alma Mater, Ohlone College in Fremont. Here is the page that gives information for K-12 students who want to enroll:

http://www.ohlone.edu/org/admissions/hig...

I was not aware that young students could attend community college, but I think you are a wonderful candidate for this.

I'm not sure what the admissions requirements are for your age, but for those 18 and over, there are no interviews required. They just have exams for placing you in the right English and Math classes.

For K-9th graders, you will need permission from your parents and your school. You can see the process on the left side of this chart:

http://www.ohlone.edu/org/admissions/hig...

Now I'm not necessarily selling Ohlone College. All of the community colleges are part of a similar system, so you are sure to find something like this at the community college closest to you.

Here is a list of the California Community Colleges.

http://www.cccco.edu/CommunityColleges/C...

Scroll down to the "Bay Area" section to find the one nearest you, then do a Yahoo search to find their webpage, and look for the information like I've linked for you at Ohlone (Admissions or K-12 Special Admissions).

Since you live in the Bay Area, here is another idea for you. When my nephew was a 9th grader last year, one of his teachers at High School recommended him for the UC Berkeley Young Entrepreneurs program. He was selected (after applying) for a summer program and is now in a regular year program. He goes up to Berkeley regularly and is learning about business and he loves it. His parents are also thrilled. Make sure one of your parents asks about it when you get to high school. I would think this would be a wonderfully challenging opportunity for you.

I no longer live in the Bay Area, and I work in a high school where I spend every day encouraging and helping kids plan for college. What a wonderful blessing to learn of one who wants to do so even before you get to high school!

Dream high little co-ed.

PS: I just checked to see if I could find a link about the Berkeley program. Apparently they are recruiting 8th graders for a program right now!

http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/yeah...

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Yes. But you probably should wait unless you are taking something like a language course or health or something that won't require an extensive body of learned knowledge like sciences or history/political science. Go to any comm. college in Bay area. It won't matter. Just be careful that you drop classes if you get into trouble.
I don't think I've heard of Dual Enrollment for people that aren't officially in high school yet. But that's what's it's called. There are also summer programs.
Just be REALLY REALLY REALLY smart, and prove it to someone ( who cares).
I really don't see the point in competely skipping high school. Summer classes are especially fast paced. Community college is the step after high school, and you will probably feel like you are drowning. The skills needed to succeed in college are very different from those to suceed in middle school. Many people do not feel completely prepared after graduating from high school! If you are really smart you may do OK, but socially and emotionally you may feel completely lost. Have you ever written a research paper? What did you use for sources? Google and wikipedia are really frowned on and often not considered acceptable ways to research. Do you know how to study without simply memorizing, or is that 4.0 from cramming? College tests look for concepts and learning, not just memorizing.

Get through your freshman year and then you can maybe think about it. Even then theres no need to rush. You will grow up soon enough, enjoy it now! YOu only have one chance to be a kid and a hgih school student. It get hard fast aftercollege. Its not something to dread at all, but take advantage of having people take care of you! It is crazy to try to go to college that early in my opinion.
i live in kansas and here you can take classes like government and drivers ed during the summer before school but if you want to take a college class, you have to be a sophomore, junior or senior in high school because you have to have taken at least one english class . the community colleges in my area require you to take a test for both math/english for any student to see what kind of english class/math class we should take. i dont know of any college that accepts a 13 year old. just take pe because at 13, you cant take drivers ed or government yet- at least not in kansas