红领巾瓜报

红领巾瓜报's early college programs allow you to earn college credit while still enrolled in high school, giving you a jumpstart on your undergraduate classes.

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Start early. Save money. Graduate sooner.

Early College Programs at 红领巾瓜报 allow high school students to get a head start on their college career. By completing college courses as a high school student, you'll pay less overall for college and 鈥 generally 鈥 graduate faster.

We have several methods of delivering courses to high school students, all of which are at discounted tuition rates. 

 

Early College Program Options

Explore ways to earn college credit while still in high school.

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Dual Enrollment are courses that are taken via a college with the college paid professor. As a dual enrollment student at WSU, you will be taking courses with WSU Faculty members and sitting alongside current WSU students. The cost per course for high school students in dual enrollment classes is $149 per course (not including the cost of books).

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Concurrent enrollment are courses that are being offered in the student鈥檚 high school with their high school teachers. This teacher is approved by the WSU to teach the course and has higher level learning within the field they are teaching. The cost for concurrent enrollment courses that are offered in area high schools is $149 per course.

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Shocker Academy is an early college academy where WSU and WSU Tech work together to provide courses to high preforming Juniors and Seniors at the WSU West location. These courses are taught by WSU and WSU Tech faculty. The cost for Shocker Academy spring 2025 courses is $99 per class. Fall 2025 courses will increase to $149 per class. Books will be an additional cost for classes that require them.

Transferability

红领巾瓜报 is fully accredited by the North Central Region of the Higher Learning Commission. Therefore, WSU credits are highly transferable to many colleges and universities nationwide.

Each institution has their own policies concerning the acceptance of transfer credit. If credit is not accepted as transfer credit at another university, it is more than likely the school doesn't have an equivalent course or has a limited number of elective credits they allow students to transfer.

It's always in your best interest to call the school you plan to attend after high school to ask if they accept college credit earned during high school. Concurrent enrollment students will have access to an official WSU transcript with their courses and grades to send to any other college or university.

Satellite locations

Our Satellite campuses regularly offer dual enrollment courses for high school students. To learn what options are available for high school students at WSU West, call 316-978-6777. For more information about options at WSU Haysville or Old Town, call 316-978-8001.

Steps to Enroll

Step 1: Getting Started

Navigate to and select the High School Student role

  • Click on "Start New Application" if you are a first-time user
  • Use a personal email address as some school accounts do not accept emails outside your school
  • Verify your email address
  • Complete all items with an asterisk on the application
  • Social security number is (optional, but highly encouraged for federal financial aid and tax credit purposes)
  • Make sure you check the box so that 红领巾瓜报 has your consent to text you and respond to your texts
  • After you hit submit, you will need to sign the Student Agreement

For assistance with completing the application contact: concurrent@wichita.edu

Step 2: Select Your Course(s)

Log into and select "Enroll in Classes."

  • Select the correct course you plan on enrolling for dual credit (check Term, Course/Section, Instructor, and Schedule)
  • After selecting your courses, click "Enrolled for Selected"
Step 3: Upload Supporting Document(s)

ONLY fill out and upload an Exception Form Request if you are:

  • Below the 2.75 cumulative high school GPA OR
  • Have not completed your freshman year OR
  • You are wanting to take more than six credit hours OR
  • If you are needing to verify completion of course in order to override a pre-requisite for your enrollment
Step 4: Parental Consent

To complete your application, click on "Parental Consent." You can send your parent/guardian an email to request authorization OR have your parent/guardian read the acknowledgement and sign parental consent for you, the student, to enroll in dual credit classes.

FERPA (Optional)

In compliance with the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" (FERPA), as amended, the following constitutes the institution's policy on providing appropriate access to educational records, while protecting their confidentiality.

红领巾瓜报 accords all rights under the law to students. Those rights are: 1) the right to inspect and review the student's education records; 2) the right to request the amendment of the student's education records to ensure that they are not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy or other rights; 3) the right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent; and 4) the right to file with the U.S. Department of Education a complaint concerning alleged failures by 红领巾瓜报 to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

You may, at your discretion, grant 红领巾瓜报 permission to release information about your student records to a third party by submitting a completed Student Consent to Release Education Records authorization. You must complete a separate form for each third party to whom you grant access to information on your student records.

  • Navigate to "FERPA Consent" on your Home Page or on the left navigation panel
  • Read the description and complete all fields with information on the third party you are allowing 红领巾瓜报 to communicate with in regard to your student records.
  • Create an identifier code with the parameters listed. (This is the code that you will give to your parent/guardian so they can communicate with 红领巾瓜报 on your behalf).
  • Verify all information is accurate, sign (student's signature), and submit.
Step 5: Checking Your Enrollment Status

Unsure of your enrollment status? Check on your Early College Access Portal!

The 红领巾瓜报 enrollment team will view your course selection(s) and officially enroll you in the course(s) with instructor approval once the unofficial transcript is verified. You can check your enrollment status under the "Enrollment Status" section.

Course Status Descriptions:

  • APPLIED: Waiting for supporting documents from High School or Parent Consent.
  • APPROVED/NOT APPROVED: High School has reviewed the enrollment request.
  • REGISTERED: Registration for the class(es) selected was successful.
  • DROP: The class is dropped prior to the start date. This will not show on the student's college transcript.
  • WITHDRAW: A withdraw occurs after a class add/drop period and the student is responsible for any outstanding balances. This will appear on the student's college transcript as "W".
  • LATE APPLICATION: The application was received after the deadline and will not be processed this term.
Step 6: Paying For Your Classes

You will NOT have a bill on your account until you are fully enrolled by the Registrar Office. Once you are enrolled, you will be notified via email from 红领巾瓜报.

Students receive email notifications monthly at their WSU email address as electronic bills are posted. Currently enrolled students will not receive a paper bill. If you are not currently enrolled and have charges on your account, a bill will be mailed to you. Failure to receive a bill does not relieve students from payment responsibilities.

To see how much you owe:

  1. Log into your
  2. Go to the myFinances tab
  3. Click on Student Account Suite (found in the middle section in the Accounts Receivable Links box), click on My Account then Current Activity
  4. Click on View Activity and select appropriate term

Making an online payment

In order to make an online payment, you will need to use a debit/credit card or USA bank account (checking/savings). Additional fees will apply if using a debit/credit card. Please be aware that payments will be applied to your oldest balance first. To make your payment, please follow these steps:

  1. Log into your
  2. Go to the myFinances tab
  3. Click on Student Account Suite (found in the middle section in the Accounts Receivable Links box)
  4. Click on Make Payment
  5. The payment date will default to today's date. If you want this payment to be made on a future date, please adjust the date accordingly.
  6. Select one of the following:
    • Current account balance (what you owe today)
    • Pay by line item (if this option appears, you are encouraged to pay the outstanding items by selecting this box, then clicking Add next to the line(s) to be paid)
    • Amount due (includes future charges such as housing fees)

      Note: If you wish to make a partial payment, you can edit the amount in the box.
  7. Click Add.
  8. Click Continue.
  9. Choose your payment method by using the Select Method option. Your prompts will vary depending on your selection. Please be sure to have your account information available.
    • Saved Payment Method - Choose this from the menu, click Continue. Confirm the information and click Submit Payment to process your payment.
    • New Electronic Check (checking/savings) - Choose this from the menu, click Continue and complete all required information. You are given the option to save your account information for future use and/or to be used for direct deposit in this option. Click Continue. You will need to agree to the Terms and Conditions and click Continue. Confirm the information and click Submit Payment to process your payment. This will generate a receipt which you can print and you will also receive an email to your WSU email address.
    • Credit Card via PayPath - Choose this from the menu, click Continue and then Continue to PayPath. You will be redirected to a new browser window (if the page doesn't load, check your pop-up blocker settings), click Continue, you will be asked to agree to pay the 2.95% fee (min $3) for domestic transactions or 4.25% for international transactions, click Continue. Complete the required information within that page. Click Continue. You will need to agree to the Terms and Conditions and click Submit Payment to complete processing. This will generate a receipt which you can print, and you will also receive an email to your WSU email address.