Does the UCLA admissions officer like it if you took dual enrollment classes at a local community college in high school? Is it considered better than taking AP classes?
It’s the same
It depends. Be careful about substituting a DE “college class” for an AP class in a core subject. This could actually weaken an application.
@damon30 That’s false. A dual enrollment course is looked at as the same as an AP course.
Not all college classes are viewed the same. Many AP classes in a core subject will be given a higher weight by adcoms than an elective class taught at a college.
There is one key difference between AP and dual enrollment courses. If you apply to law schools after undergrad, dual enrollment courses will factor into the gpa law schools will see. So a “B” in a dual enrollment class could hurt you later
@Wje9164be: The above is true for any graduate school or if you even want to transfer to another university. Your CC grades/courses taken during HS will be on your permanent college record.
@Gumbymom Agree, and this presents something of a Catch-22 with regard to DE vs AP. You will definitely want to get the A in a DE class, but taking “easier” CC classes will not, necessarily, strengthen your schedule rigor for undergraduate admission. (And could weaken it, if you took an easier CC class instead of a harder AP class.)
@damon30 Of course a dual enrollment course in art is different than one in math. But I was saying equivalency between AP and dual enrollment is the same in the sense that AP Calc AB is viewed as the same rigor as Community College Calc 1 for UC admissions purposes.
in many cases CC classes are preferable to APs from a fulfillment standpoint, since they can be used to fuiflll GE and other requirements almost all the time, whereas AP classes generally aren’t useable for that much.
@10s4life I was answering the question that the OP actually asked.
You answer was too short, and left out the other aspects.
I agree with @10s4life about the DE classes. Our son took 2 DE math classes through a CSU and it put him way ahead in math at UCLA. He had no problem jumping into the end of the engineering math sequence. Obviously I can’t cant get into the heads of the admissions staff, but it sure didn’t hurt him since he got the Discover engineering email that comes prior to acceptances.
@youcee What were the 2 DE math classes your son took?
@damon30 I believe they were Calc II and Calc III (through SDSU) which satisfied the first 4 math classes for engineering. He had AP Calc prior to those.