<p>I keep hearing how everyone takes courses in a community college if they raen't offered in their high school. i get how it generally works (summer or semester/yearlong courses, usually four days a week for a couple hours each, taken with other community college students etc) but I'm still kinda confused on some things.</p>
<p>Like, is a community college course considered an AP? Or an equivalent of it? do all high schools allow you to do this? or do some refuse to put them on your transcript? etc.</p>
<p>At my school, you can take up to 2 classes at CC concurrently, but they can’t be classes that are offered at the high school. During the summer, you can take classes that are offered at the high school, for advancement purposes.
You are given college credit for the classes, and if you request to put it on your high school transcript, you are given an extra GPA boost (like AP credit).
Classes are usually twice a week for about two hours, but it depends on what class you take and how many credits it is.
I guess it depends on where you are, but that’s how it is at my school.</p>
<p>It depends on the state, too. In Minnesota, juniors and seniors can take college classes (at community colleges, the U of M, and some private colleges) for free through a program called PSEO. The rules depend on the college, so at the private ones, I think you have to have exhausted the curriculum at your school, but at the U of M and the CCs, you can take almost anything. I know people who take all of their classes at a college. I don’t really understand why, though, because some of the college classes are easier than the IB ones at our high school</p>