My son goes to a school where he is earning considerable dual credit and will receive his AA concurrently with his high school diploma. From what I have researched, the college transcript grades gets reported in lieu of the high school classes. Some of his dual credit classes are a single semester that count as two high school semesters, some of his dual credit classes are two semesters in place of two high school classes. How does this all wash out in his college applications?
It depends on the school(s) he’s applying to.
He’s looking at UCs and Cal Poly slo plus an assortment of privates and a few oos public.
UCs and CSUs count transferable college courses like honors courses. UCs count each semester of college course as a one semester course with one grade, while CSUs count each semester of college course as two semesters of courses and grades for the purpose of recalculating GPA.
GPA recalculation is shown at GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub (CSU uses weighted capped).
For transferability of courses from California community colleges to UCs and CSUs, see https://www.assist.org .
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So for the UCs one year of high school classes is counted as the single college semester class… this actually hurts his GPA because each of those classes counts as a single grade rather than two? His UC capped and weighted on rogerhub came out a 4.03. The CSUs sound more favorable counting those classes twice. The A- G requirements will all wash out? The UC says not to even list the high school classes if they were dual credit, to list the college class, but my worry is will Algebra 1 through calculus BC end up counting as 5 years of advanced math? At any colleges that use an algorithm that matters.
Actually, one semester of high school or college course counts as one grade for UC. But CSU counts one semester of college course as two courses with two grades.
Yes, like each course as a college course.
Note that CPSLO is particularly sensitive to whether lower level math like algebra 1 is listed, even if taken while in middle school. Be sure that all high school level math (algebra 1 or higher) is listed on the CSU application if CPSLO is in the application list.
Assuming you mean algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2, precalculus, and calculus BC, that will count as 10 semesters, 4 of which are “advanced math” (beyond algebra 2). You can see classifications of courses at high schools and community colleges at University of California A-G Course List .
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He’s in honors intro to calculus right now at his high school, but on his college transcript it’s listed as a single semester of math 141- calculus 1. I assume next year’s AP calculus BC will be listed on his college transcript as a single semester of Calculus 2… that’s where I’m confused… At schools with algorithms will this be tabulated correctly if we only list the college class?
Look up the community college on the page linked two posts ago, and look up the math course to see what it is listed as.
His dual credit isn’t from a community college, it’s from a private accredited Christian 4 year.
Is the dual credit taught in the high school, or at the college? From your description above, it looks like a year long dual credit course covers the material of a semester long college course. That suggests dual credit taught in the high school, following a syllabus provided by the college, rather than a high school student going to the actual college to take the class there.
If it is a year long dual credit course that counts as a semester long college course, you may want to contact UC directly to verify whether it should be entered as a semester long college course.
This makes sense. I’ll try to figure out who to contact. These are dual credit college classes taught on the high school campus as you suggested. This year my son is in 6 dual credit classes. Most count as a single semester college class, but British literature and AP biology count as two semesters of college classes, hence our confusion.
My son is a Cal Poly alum. How they count classes for application and then how they apply them for credit can be different. He took AP Chem for example also as DE. They counted 2 high school semesters on his application, but gave him credit for a full college year once he enrolled.
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Here are some links in regards to dual enrollment for the UC and CSU system:
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/dual-enrollment-guidance-2019.pdf
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Thank you all
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