My school offers Precalculus algebra DE then Precalculus trig DE or precalculus honors. I chose precalculus honors and I’'m not sure if I made a mistake, so do dual enrolment classes increase you chance of getting into prestigious universities. If so how much (in your opinion).
Another question which is irrelevant to the heading is do you need prior physic experience to take AP Physic 1. I did physic in my freshmen year, which was IGCSE then I moved to the US where the curriculum changed so do you think I can take AP Physic 1 without having to take Physic Honors? And if I took Physic Honors can I skip AP Physic 1 and go straight towards AP Physic C?
Since precalculus is generally considered high school level material (or remedial level for college students), probably no real difference to colleges whether you take it as purely a high school course or as a dual enrollment course. Choose whichever prepares you best for calculus (i.e. whichever is the harder one). (However, if you intend to later go to medical or law school, grades in college courses taken while in high school will count toward your GPA for applying to those professional schools.)
AP physics 1 is usually offered to students who have not had physics before. AP physics C may or may not list a previous high school physics course as a prerequisite, depending on your school.
FYI DE stands for Dual enrolment so it would be precalculus algebra dual enrolment, which I think is taught in college. I could also do Calculus III DE after AP Calc BC if I have time. Would doing Calculus III DE increase my chances or would colleges be indifferent whether I take Calc III DE or not. (for some reason I couldn’t edit my original post)
Pre-calculus honors is better. DE would help indeed but for college - level classes (Freshman composition, calculus… ) not remedial like precollege algebra would be.
You should be fine for AP physics 1 if you did physics for IGCSE. However ou’d need either AP physics 1 or honors physics before physics C.
Yes, if you take dual enrollment math courses more advanced than calculus, that can show additional course rigor in at an advanced level that subject. This can be relevant if you intend to study something heavily math-based, although it is not required to take such courses before college even in that case. Even if you intend to study some other subject, it can show that you are not afraid of math and that your well rounded base includes a high level of study in math as well as other subjects (this also applies in other directions, such as a prospective math major taking high level courses in English, history, etc.).
Other dual enrolment classes in my school include English ENC 1101 DE and English ENC 1102 DE (idk what that is) would it help if I did those classes or should I wait until college. If it did help would it help a lot? or minuscule and almost non existent
(DE means dual enrolment)
Perhaps it depends on where the college courses are offered. Dual enrollment at a well-regarded college or a less-known community college - the rigor of these courses might be very different…
According to a few adcoms I talked with, there was a slight preference to AP courses over DE courses because AP courses are standardized nationally. Schools usually cannot gauge if high school DE program or local community college DE class was rigorous. But they have a pretty good idea what a 5 on an AP means.
Things that would alter this slight preference would be an incredible LoR from DE teacher, or a rigorous DE program that was local to school you are applying to.
Actually, AP scores don’t count for admissions. AP classes only count for curriculum rigor. DE classes taken at a college where you get an A are the best predictors of success in college, because they mean - regardless of rigor - that you have the time management skills, autonomy, and ability to follow a pace twice as fast as AP, that will be important for college.
@MYOS1634 scores, when submitted, can be considered, right? again at least two different adcoms told me face to face (I doubt they’d put it into writing). Also, having AP national scholar listed as an award is considered in a holistic process. I know “we” tell everyone elite schools don’t peek at APs (other than to see grades, which classes and how many), but based on my conversations, at least two schools can and do. Isn’t it a bit naive to think otherwise…
Yes, if you submit they’ll consider them… But you don’t have to submit scores so choose carefully… if you have all scores of 4-5 go ahead.
On the other hand, AP national scholar only matters at non top 50 schools (and even there, really, not. Typically, no one cares in Admissions about that because it’s no differentiator and basically meaningless. The fact you took 6-8 AP classes matters way more.)