Dual enrollment has been a positive experience for Andie Jennings.

Andie Jennings of Salisbury is a senior at James M. Bennett High School and has already been accepted to a four-year college in Pittsburgh while eagerly awaiting another college decision. But even before getting those coveted acceptances, Jennings has a jump-start on college thanks to dual enrollment classes at Wor-Wic.

“My brother told me I should sign up, because he thought it had helped him a lot,” Jennings said. Jennings, who uses the pronoun they, said their brother, Ben, is a sophomore at Syracuse University in New York and also took classes at Wor-Wic during high school. Jennings is planning on going into a math or science discipline.

“That was influenced by classes I took here,” they said, mentioning how much they enjoyed their biology class with Dr. Stacey Hall, mathematics and science department head and professor of biological science. They know it will be an advantage when they head off to whichever four-year college they choose.

“There’s such a variety of people with different ages and backgrounds in my classes at Wor-Wic, and I’ve really enjoyed working and learning with them,” Jennings said. “I have nursing students in my biology class, and they have really heavy workloads – it’s inspiring. The diversity has opened me up to different possibilities.”

Jennings has appreciated how easy class scheduling has been at Wor-Wic, and says Richard C. Webster, the director of early college initiatives, has been a help. “He always makes time for me.”

Wherever Jennings lands, they say they are happy to have gotten their start at Wor-Wic.