<p>@Maksdad, all I can tell you is that UF accepted me for Industrial & Systems Engineering with my prereqs which include Chem 1 & 2 as well as Calc 1 & 2 and did not have a problem with math and science from a CC> Like Billy MC said, in Florida it’s all standardized. My current CC Chem professor has had 17 people go to med school. Blue bayou makes excellent points but in Florida it’s all the same courses. Just make great grades. That’s what really counts.</p>
<p>BillyMc - I noticed that you said that you got accepted at Notre Dame with dual enrollment. My daughter got accepted there too but I thought that they do not accept dual enrollment credits but instead prefer AP. Although nd was her dream school, she feels that another Florida private school will be better because they will take all of her dual enrollment. Is she wrong about ND? We are down to the wire and need to make a decision. ND also did not give any $$ and the Florida school (UM) gave a substantial merit scholarship.</p>
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<p>Billy, you have framed the question incorrectly. Med schools prefer to see four years of grades at a four-year college. They are prestige hounds, and recognize that the competition at say, Florida, is just not the same as a dual enrollment course with a bunch of high schoolers. Community college grades are discounted, particularly for the unhooked. That is just the way it is.</p>
<p>Now, wrt to AP credits…most med schools will not accept AP credits for the required courses. If one has AP Bio credits, for example, one had better take some upper division bio courses at the four-year Uni. Now you might argue that a DE student could do the same, which is true.</p>
<p>But for the OP, who is thinking 6+ years hence, and who has an extremely bright child, the question is whether dad would like to take a chance at a top private Uni, which great financial aid. Heck, D might be able to earn a full ride 6 years hence. If so, AP credits might serve her better than an AA. Top privates generally do not give credit for many DE courses, but they do for AP courses.</p>
<p>If the dream school is the local public, then there really is no difference between DE and AP; both will enable one to graduate early. (And with a BS/BA, an AA is of zero value on a resume.) If the goal is to graduate college at age 20, then the AA is the way to go. But note that med schools do not like early graduates, so it would be rare to start at age 20. </p>
<p>Again, I know nothing about vet schools.</p>