RCTC program helping high school students

Getting free college

You could go to college for free... before you're even out of high school.

That's an opportunity students have at rochester community and technical college.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson is speaking to an enrolled student.

She joins us live ?

"* annalise?

Amy ?

"* rctc has a program called post?

"* secondary enrollment option ?

"* or pseo.

Because many high school students have been learning from home for most of the year ?

"* rctc is concerned not enouh students know about this option.

Minnesota high schoolers in grades 10 through 12 can simultaneously earn high school and college credits through pseo.

When participants graduate from high school ?

"* they also leave with an associate's degree.

Will fulton is wrapping up his senior year of high school and pseo education ?

"* then taking those college credits to boston university.

He explains one of the best parts of the program ?

"* it didn't cost him i didnt know this when i was applying, but since youre in pseo, all of the books are free and the tuition is all free too.

So thats kind of crazy as a high schooler and you can knock out two years of college for free basically.

According to rctc ?

"* pseo students save more than 6?

"* thousand dollars each year in rctc tuition and fees ?

"* and more than 30?

"* thousand dollas per year based of the average cost of tuition in minnesota.

Live in rochester annalise johnson kimt thank you annalise.

Students have the option of taking one class per semester ?

"* or a ful credit load.

Rctc's advisors work with them to make the best decision.

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