College credit in high school.

There are a lot of opportunities to earn college credit in high school. Some schools offer during the day college classes or dual credit classes (both high school and college credit in the same class) to a variety of students. Although some schools choose to only offer to top students, this is not the case for all schools. If it is not an option, high schoolers can often take evening classes at the local university or community college. In my experience, high school chemistry was nearly identical to year one college chemistry. This was a nice combination because it was a lot of the same studies and concepts which reduced the stress of "taking a college class" but I was still able to earn the credit - including the lab.