<p>My high school is offering a program that allows a concurrent enrollment at a community college for our AP courses. Basically if we apply, our AP classes and grades are also transferred into college credits. Is it worth it? How would this affect college admissions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! (:</p>
<p>It is definitely worth it, and it gives you an edge! I speak from experience :)</p>
<p>If you are considering medical or law school after college, be aware that grades earned in college courses taken while in high school will count for calculating GPA for applying to medical or law school. This can be good if you preload your GPA with A and A+ grades, not so good if you get grades lower than A-. (Note: law schools count A+ grades higher than A grades, even if your college does not.)</p>
<p>Note that not all colleges will transfer credit from college courses taken while in high school, or may have restrictions on such.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m being careful with the classes I’m choosing to get college credits for. Also, do you think this would affect my college admission? What would they think of it?</p>
<p>@marie95 Thank you! I think I’m gonna go for it (:</p>
<p>Lots of students take dual enrollment courses. For admissions purposes, they are essentially the same as an AP or IB course - an indication that you are pursuing a rigorous course of studies.</p>
<p>How they are handled once you graduate and enroll in college will depend on the institution that you attend. Some will accept them for transfer credit or use them to place you into a higher level course just as can happen with AP, IB, and CLEP exam scores. Some won’t. If you need to get through college quickly or inexpensively, or if you hope to use transfer credit to give you more flexibility in the courses you choose once you are in college, pay attention to how the coursework might transfer at the places on your college list.</p>