Dual Enrollment Anyone?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey HSL!</p>

<p>I'm currently taking a Dual Enrollment course at my local college (Introduction to C++ Programming, for the curious ones) and have noticed that even though it's basically a community college (changed from CC to college like two years ago), this class in particular has minds that seek to learn...unlike a lot of people I encoutered at registration at the beginning of the term.</p>

<p>Basically, for those of you who also are in Dual Enrollment, what is your opinion on your Dual Enrollment course? Do you find it challenging (cause it's a college-level course)? How about your peers? </p>

<p>Discuss! :)</p>

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<p>I took Spanish 2, and it really wasn't challenging. I only got a B because I wasn't told I had to turn work in on time until half way through.</p>

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<p>First semester I took English 101/102 and gotta 94 and Western Civilization 101/102 and gotta 100. They were pretty fun classes, I thought.</p>

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<p>By dual enrollment, do you mean taking courses at your local community college outside of school hours? </p>

<p>Sorry for not making a worthwhile contribution to this thread, but I am thinking about doing that when I'm a junior.</p>

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<p>@sqdwfe13: Dual enrollment means taking college classes at any point during the year (whether they are community college classes or dual-enrollment at an LAC that is open to such an arrangement, for example) and receiving credit for them on your high school transcript. At least, that's the definition we use at my school.</p>

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<p>I'm a dual enrollment student at a local private university. I took Pysch 101 and Goverments of the World in the summer. This was considered part of dual enrollment, but they called it Young Scholars. They were challenging without being overwhelming and I was interested in the subject matter so I ended up getting A's. In the fall semester this year I took Composition 101 and Pre-Calculus. Pre-Calculus was an easy A and I probably should have been taking regular Calc. Comp on the other hand was pretty challenging. This semester I'm taking Calc I and Fundamentals of Public Speech. Overall, my courses haven't been super challening, but I learned more in four college classes than throughout high school. I loved the summer courses because a lot of really intelligent students were in my classes because they wanted to get some credits over with. The kids I'm in class with now are a little apathetic. I love being a dual enrollment student though.</p>

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<p>Thanks phanatic.</p>

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<p>I'm a dual-enrollment student at the U of Minnesota (flagship U). I'll be organized about this...</p>

<p>MUS1001 Fundamentals of Music:
-My peers were mostly early childhood education majors or something like that, so they weren't the brightest. The class was pretty easy because the music theory taught was pretty basic. I got an easy A and the class also helped me prepare for AP Music Theory a bit.</p>

<p>ESPM3603 Environmental Life Cycle Analysis:
-This was a tough class... I was with a lot of environmental-related majors in their junior or senior year. I truly learned a lot about life cycle analysis, but I'm not sure how much this class will help me in college or my major in environmental engineering. </p>

<p>MATH 2243 Linear Algebra and Differential Equation:
-I took this over the summer with a variety of different people. The subject material was interesting, but the prof made it a lot more difficult than it was. Also, I got 80-90 on most tests but managed to get an A because of the curve. =]</p>

<p>MATH2263 Multivariable Calculus:
-My peers were mostly liberal arts people who needed it to fulfill a requirement. I also met some dual-enrollment kids. Again, fun subject material. The tests were easy, but absolutely no curve. So if you made a stupid mistake, you're pretty much screwed. On top of that, I never really turned in homework... so I ended up with a B. But I felt like I still learned a lot.</p>

<p>HUM1003 Humanities III
-I just started this class. My peers are mostly people who needed it to fulfill a requirement. The instructor is pretty awesome. The class sounds like it's hard since the final grade is based on two tests, but there's SO much extra credit. Also, we read a book a week, and I'm excited about that. =]</p>

<p>In conclusion, dual-enrollment classes aren't that hard unless you're taking 3xxx or 4xxx classes. Also, make an effort to get to know your professor, especially in a big university. You never know when they will be a huge help to you. I made the mistake of being a number (more or less) in my class, and I wish I could have talked to the profs more. Along with that, get to know your peers. They might teach you a thing or two about college.</p>

<p>Anyway... that was way too much information than you'd ever need to know about my experience. =]</p>

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<p>^You're right about getting to know the profs. I developed a really good relationship with my governments of the world professor (he's also head of the poli sci department) and he wrote me an extra college rec.</p>