Prospective student program questions
Our daughter is an incoming Junior (HS) this year interested in echocardiography. In WA state we have a program called Running Start where your junior and senior year you go to the local community college and graduate with your AA/AS and your diploma. She will be able to fulfill many pre-reqs this way. I’m curious on a couple of things:
• are there any 4 year schools with an echo program (think football teams, Greek life, etc)? She went to a very small high school and I know she’d like to experience “traditional” student life on a college campus.
• if she goes the smaller, med focused school, are there going to be issues with her being so young? She will graduate being 18. In WA state schools they have dorms for running start kids (18 yo in 300+ major level classes) so they’re with students in a similar spot.
• I worry if she goes the smaller school route, her being 18 in a cohort might leave her left out (unable to go for drinks after class or just being generally younger than her peers). Can anyone speak to this experience?
Thank you so much for any and all guidance!