Although I do know some people who had more than 90 credits when applying did the program in the past, I am wondering if you know whether there is any possibility that this might have changed this year? I am in the exact same situation and have emailed my three program sites of interest plus the National Program Office. One site said I should be eligible at first. However, the National Program Office hit me with this:
"To answer your original email inquiry, unfortunately, you will not be eligible to apply for this program. Even though you may have a particular standing or freshman status at the University of Washington, SHPEP applicants also must not have accumulated or earned more than 60 college credits. It appears from the unofficial transcript that you provided that you have both AP credits but also college earned credits that have transferred. So while the AP credits will not count towards that total maximum number, the other college earned credits will count. For that reason, not just the year in school standing, is what will make you ineligible for this program."
Then, I emailed back and quoted what the National Program Office said, then that site went: "We’ll have to go with what the national office said." Another site told me to call them since my case appears to be complex. The third site did not reply.
I just feel it strange how AP credits are not counted towards the credit eligibility while dual-enrollment credits are considering the fact that AP credits have already/will turn into college credits eventually...
Also, do you know if the National Program Office checks the eligibility first before distributing applications to program sites?
(I am a first-year student btw, I did two years of community college during my junior and senior years of high school.)
So it sounds to me that the program sites don't do it on a case by case basis smh
