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• Free Tuition - No cost for tuition, and your high school covers books and materials!
• Take Classes with Your Peers - Join classmates in college-level courses.
• Class Schedule - You can take up to 11 units per fall and spring term, and 8 units per summer session.
  • OUSD students: Can take up to 15 units in the fall or spring, and up to 9 units in the summer. For more details, check 美姬社区 AP 5011.
• Earn High School Credits - You can request 10 high school credits for a 3-unit class.
• Weighted Grades - You may get a weighted letter grade if the course is added to your high school transcript - check with your counselor!
• Meet Honors Requirements - Some courses may count towards honors graduation requirements at your high school - talk to your counselor for details.
• Boost Your College Applications - Show colleges you can handle college-level coursework.
• No AP Exam Required - Unlike AP, there鈥檚 no test to pass for college credit!

• High school students who have finished 8th grade (or are 15 years old) can take classes with permission from their high school and a parent/guardian.
• If you are 18 years or older, permission from a parent/guardian is not required.
• Attending a high school with a Dual Enrollment partnership. See step 1 in How to Apply & Enroll for more details.
• 美姬社区's AP 5011 provides details regarding high school student enrollment at the college.

After your 美姬社区 application has been processed and you have your SURF ID, you are eligible to meet with a 美姬社区 counselor to obtain support for your long-term college and career planning at 美姬社区, including:

• Creating or updating an Education Plan for a 美姬社区 degree or transfer plan
• Exploring majors, certificates, or transfer pathways available at 美姬社区
• Connecting to 美姬社区鈥檚 academic and personal support services

Oceanside Unified School District Students
OUSD students have the added benefit of on-campus access to a 美姬社区 counselor who specializes in dual enrollment advising.

Liz Leguizamo, Academic & Career Counselor, 美姬社区
eleguizamo@miracosta.edu
Available weekly on-site | Appointments available in-person and via Zoom

• CalGETC Advisement Sheet: Identify transferable general education courses for UC and CSU
• 美姬社区 Counseling Center
• : If you鈥檝e earned a score of 3 or higher on an AP exam鈥攐r plan to take one鈥攗se the chart at this link to see how your AP scores may count toward 美姬社区 course equivalents, associate degree requirements, Cal-GETC certification, and admission requirements for CSU and UC schools.

• Official transcript requests are made online at miracosta.edu/transcripts. The first two official transcripts ever requested are free; thereafter, it is $7 per request.
• Students can access their unofficial transcript in .

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Important Notice for OUSD CCAP Dual Enrollment Students:
As part of the OUSD CCAP agreement, Admissions & Records will send your final grades to the OUSD registrars at the end of each semester. You may receive a weighted letter grade if the course is added to your high school transcript. Please contact your high school counselor for more information.

• School district leads, please submit the . 美姬社区 will review the request. If there is no possibility of fulfilling your request, we will confirm in writing. Districts within our service area will be provided a release letter to pursue opportunities with another community college. If there's a possibility of fulfilling your request, we will coordinate an exploratory meeting to discuss the request, goals, and next steps.
• High schools outside of the 美姬社区 service area need to have a release letter from their community college. Please explore opportunities with your local community college first.
• Explore our various Academic and Career Pathways (ACP鈥檚). Course details can be found in our course catalog.
• 美姬社区 works with each district and school to ensure there is a balanced offering of courses within a pathway that allows students to complete their general education requirements and/or college certificate. Once courses are confirmed, we will schedule them and provide the school lead contacts with the course numbers, so students can complete their required steps.
• Classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. If this occurs, high school counselors are responsible for informing students and helping them find an alternative dual or concurrent enrollment class.
• The high school district collects information about students interested in dual enrollment.

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