Students 

Yes! Ask your coordinator about which online courses are available to you.

Yes!  New Hampshire’s Early College On a College Campus lets you take courses on a community college campus while you’re still in high school. Classes at a community college are offered in person, online or hybrid and gives students a great deal of flexibility. Tuition for courses is discounted to 50% of the regular cost.  Talk to your school counselor to register and ensure you choose courses that will count toward your high school requirements. If you need assistance, contact your local Early College Coordinator.

• Yes!  New Hampshire’s Early College At Your High School program is an in-person dual enrollment program. If your school participates, you can take college-level courses during the school day at your high school. Courses are taught by qualified teachers. Tuition only costs $150 per course – a huge savings from the regular cost of college courses. And you can transfer your credits to many colleges and universities.  Talk to your high school counselor or teachers to find out what Early College Courses are offered at your school.

New Hampshire CTE Experience

🖐Before you begin:  Meet with your school counselor to talk about your schedule and signing up for an Early College course, and complete the "Preparing for DualEnroll" sheet before creating an account.    

Registering for Early College at your High School & Early College Online Courses: 

Step One:  Create your Dual Enroll Account  for CCSNH.  

•  If you need help, use our guide.

• Be very accurate entering YOUR student information.

• Be sure to read and acknowledge the terms & conditions

• Provide your parent/guardian contact information.  

Step Two:  Register for Course(s)

• Search for Courses being taught at your school.

• Select the course you want to register for.

• Select Register to register for selected course.  

📎To register for Early College on Campus classes, contact the EC Coordinator at the community college where you will be taking the class.

Yes! Thanks to the generous support of the State of New Hampshire, students receive early college scholarships each year in grades 10-12.  The scholarship allows students to take up to dual credit or early college courses tuition free. Read more here: Early College Scholarship.  Talk to your school counselor to find out about other scholarships that you might be eligible for - like CCSNH's Chancellor's Scholarships. 

Chancellor’s Office Scholarship – A $75 Chancellor’s Office Scholarship is available to any student who has a verified economic need as determined by their local high school.

CCSNH (Community College System of New Hampshire) placement testing, often using Accuplacer, assesses your English & Math skills for course placement, with options for in-person or virtual testing, and waivers available via recent SAT/ACT scores or prior coursework, aiming to place you in the right classes for success, so contact your specific college for scheduling and requirements.  

Students can be placed into courses via prerequisites, SAT scores, high school transcripts, and Placement Testing: 

Option One:  Send high school transcripts and SAT scores to your Early College Coordinator

Option Two: Schedule an ACCUPLACER Placement Test with the respective CCSNH campus.

• Contact the Early College Coordinator for help scheduling an appointment 

• Learn more about ACCUPLACER: For Students – ACCUPLACER | College Board 

Students with IEP or 504 plans who are interested in receiving learning accommodations in their college class should contact the Office of Accessibility Services at the college sponsoring the Early College at the High School course. Students will be asked to submit appropriate documentation.  After reviewing the documentation, the Accessibility Services Coordinator will work with the student to develop a Reasonable Accommodation Plan. For best results, contact should be made early in the semester or, if possible, before classes begin.

Students need to handle their OWN communication with the Accessibility office and communicate updates with their teachers.
Accessibility at CCSNH Colleges - Community College System of New Hampshire 

Important Differences Between High School and College Services

The Early College Coordinators play a few roles. They are the connection between the high schools and CCSNH, and they are your acting advisors when you take courses at one of the seven campuses. You might see them visiting your high school classrooms to help out with registrations. EC Coordinators partner with high school guidance counselors, curriculum coordinators, CTE Directors, and Teachers to support the current EC program and create new pathways and opportunities. 

Early College at the High School college courses are college courses sponsored by one of the CCSNH colleges. Once a student completes the class, an academic record is created for the student at the sponsoring college. Students can request their college transcript and transfer the class credit to the college or university of their choice. AP courses are only granted college credit if a student achieves a certain score on the AP exam.

The acceptance of college credit is always at the discretion of the receiving college or university. CCSNH course credit has broad transferability with public colleges and universities within the US. A student may find that their college course doesn’t align with their intended program of study at their college or university. In that case, the course may transfer in a elective credit.

Students will need to obtain and activate their CCSNH student account in order to gain access to the Student Information System which holds student transcripts. Alternatively, students can order official transcripts from the National Student Clearinghouse. The college does not mail grades to students. 

Students can withdraw/drop a course via the Student Information System (SIS). Students may also contact the college Registrar’s Office and comply with the withdraw/drop policy of the college offering the course.

Not participating in the course is not an automatic withdrawal/drop.

Abandoning your registration in DualEnroll does not drop you from the course.