<p>Well, I just finished reading the topic about having 5 classes senior year, and from what I understood was that in almost any situation when you are having fewer classes than you had the previous year you are in a bad one. So, I just got my schedule a few days ago and I ended up with only five classes-one fewer than I had a year before. I am planning to take a class at a community college, but the class I want only takes place twice a week. So, is the community college class considered a 6th class if it is only twice a week and not the typical five? Additionally, is there a section on college apps for listing local college classes? how will colleges know that I took the class? </p>
<p>Thank You for any replies.</p>
<p>What is the class, is it a core subject? Many college courses are 2 days a week (1.5 hrs/day) or 3 days a week (1 hr/day), that’s pretty typical. Will you be getting HS credit for the class, and will it show up as the same number of credits as a regular course? </p>
<p>Yes, the Common Application has a spot where you list courses taken at a college and you are required to send in college transcripts.</p>
<p>At my son’s high school, community college classes count double for both credits and GPA. So if you were taking 5 classes at high school and 1 at a community college, it would be as if you were taking 7 classes. Some colleges will treat the CC class as a double high school class as well.</p>
<p>Just to show that each HS is different, my D ran out of HS math classes and took Vector Calc at a 4 year state U her sr year. She got only 1 HS credit (all HS math classes are 2 credits). The college was on the quarter system, so I figured that was why they gave less credit.</p>
<p>Would taking a college class for no credits help me in college admissions? (only sending transcript)</p>
<p>I would take the college course for a letter grade. If not, at the least it should be pass/fail. I would not audit a class, since you won’t get credit for it, and it may or may not show on the college transcript. </p>
<p>Even if you take it pass/fail, it likely won’t even transfer to your new college (even though it’ll appear on the transcript and you’ll get credit for at that college). </p>
<p>I really really would take it for a letter grade, and send the college transcript to the colleges you’re applying to.</p>
<p>Well, my counselor is telling me that I will not get credits for the class regardless of whether I take the class for a letter grade or on a pass or fail basis.</p>
<p>Anything you do to show your interest in meeting academic challenges will help. So yes, taking a college course will look good, whether or not you get HS credit for it. A good letter grad will look better than pass/fail (I’m not sure it’s worth the effort taking it pass/fail since the threshold for getting a pass is so low). However, no one can really tell you how much help in college admissions a college course will be.</p>
<p>Looking back to your original question: by taking the college course, you’re at the very least meeting what you think colleges are looking for, which in your case is taking 6 classes this year, even if it doesn’t show up on your HS transcript and doesn’t affect your HS GPA at all.</p>
<p>Some highschools count it has 1 class or 1/2 class depending on the type of course, etc. but weight them higher like an AP class (which is higher than honors at my school). Ask if they have an agreement with the local community counties. It should say what it will count at in high school. </p>
<p>The language course I took at Community College was 3 credits …since it was elective it only counted for 1/2 course in high school. The community college now increased the hours for the language course going forward and that will count as a full credit. It was crazy, if I took a 3 credit English class, it would have been 1 course (vs. 1/2). </p>
<p>Taking 5 APs is hard (what I am doing), plus 1 a community college. I hope is sufficient to get into the top schools. I like the AP courses and the challenge, my magnet has many AP classes and I take many I like (had 3- 5’s and 1-4 last yr.)</p>