Education

If a student was dual enrolled beginning their senior year of high school part time or less in a non-degree seeking program at the time (by nature of the high school diploma requirement to be otherwise) and then later enters college in the fall full time in a degree seeking program, which year counts as the first for this question?

 

Also, why does the question specifically ask about January 1st if the previous answer states that actually just means during that calendar year?   That seems contradictory enough that I'm questioning that answer being correct for a first year with only fall enrollment.