<p>Dual-enrollment doesn't really take time away from friends if you schedule it correctly.</p>
<p>It makes life more hectic -- I was basically going straight from swim practice to my linear algebra class. But the kind of hectic where ultimately it's so pleasing at the end when you look back on what you've done.</p>
<p>Most CC are two days a week. This means that if you schedule it right, 3 days a week you will only have 2 high school classes. That leave a lot of time to study and write papers! While AP and IB are standardized, CC are kind of unique when admissions sits down to look at your application. It also gets your ready for college even if it is easier than a university because you get use to how it works. Even if the credits don't transfer, at least the colleges see that you took initiate to take classes above and beyond what you needed and the high school didn't offer. i.e. summer classes or intro classes on your major</p>
<p>Do most schools pay for dual enrollment, or do the students have to pay themselves?</p>
<p>Most high schools will pay for the class unless you fail them. Then you have to pay for it.</p>
<p>Book wise, you get a voucher for a new book or a used book. If you lose it you have to pay for it. Let me tell you, every year people lose them, and they are $70-$150 each.</p>
<p>In Minnesota, eleventh and twelfth grade dual enrollment have state funding (the funding that would otherwise go to high schools for the same students).</p>
<p>I encouraged my son to take a few college courses during high school as a way to see the future... he hated the busywork/test prep nature of his high school AP/IB classes. He did very well in his CC and UC classes (two taken during different summers, one during the school year) and was able to discuss his college level abilities in his application essays. He did not take the courses with any credit in mind, but will get credit for the two UC classes he took. His high school never knew he took the two UC courses so they were not exactly dual enrollment. I would suggest that parents whose children feel stifled by the pace of high school classes offer their kids an an opportunity to explore the college classroom. I know it helped my son immensely to know exactly what college was like and motivated him to work hard to get into the best school possible. I suspect that his proven ability to succeed at the college level helped win him a spot at the schools he applied to.</p>
<p>How good is a B+ in linear algebra? If it was taken as a dual-enrollment course in a 3rd/4th tier university, is it a grade to be ashamed of? :o</p>
<p>My concern is not so much admissions as future scholarships or special programmes ... </p>
<p>I was going to do dual enrollment this summer at a local community college but my guidance counselor told me the wrong date of when the forms were due, then I come in a week later and she tells me "Well, you should've listened to me when I talked with you last time and told you how the paper's were due last week." Then she sent me around the school searching for the principal to get him to sign a form, and after an hour of missing my class and getting no where, I gave up because it was such a hassel and opted for taking three online classes this summer instead. Next year I'm going to submit my papers as soon as I can so she can't do that to me again. I was so mad.</p>
<p>Last year, my school also didn't want anyone taking dual enrollment through the school so they pretended that not enough people signed up with test scores in order to punish the teacher, so this year my teacher kept track of everyone with the right test scores who said they wanted to be in dual enrollment. My school only cares about football and getting kids into APs so they can get more money so they can secretly spend most on football.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about taking, number theory, a 500s level math course at the state university I live on campus at (as part of a highschool program I'm enrolled in). Will this particularly help me in terms of college admissions? </p>
<p>I would really enjoy this course, however, I don't know if the work involved will be worth it as I'll be taking 17 other credit hours in diff eq, genetics, and other subjects.</p>
<p>I also do dual-enrollment and have been doing so since 9th grade. I plan to graduate with my AA in Journalism. This year (going into 11th) I'm going to a middle college high school- basically we meet at a college campus and do both college and high school classes. I don't care at all if my units transfer, I've just had fun doing community college classes. (In fact, I want to spend all 4 years at wherever I go..) However, my school doesn't offer AP's, so I'm self studying for the AP tests and of course SAT II's. Before this year I've been homeschooled, so college classes fit in fine.</p>
<p>This is incredibly late, but @ tokenadult: I know Penn State has a very rigorous/extremely selective med program. Maybe he was accepted into that? Or maybe he got very generous merit aid… I also know that PS accepts a lot of AP/college credits so maybe he could graduate really quickly.</p>
<p>I think it said he got junior standing at PS.</p>
<p>^ Ah, so that makes sense then. PS does give out a lot of credit for APs, or so my friend who’s studying there tells me.</p>
<p>I actually think Gandhi got accepted into Penn State’s Accelerated 6-year BS/MD Medical Program. In addition to his many credits (dual enrollment, IB, AP), the program essentially allows him to complete his undergraduate studies in two years…just my thoughts</p>
<p>You know guys, I read a lot of “I’m taking x super advanced class at the y level because I think it will look for college.” That is a BAD idea for several reasons. Don’t take a tough class if you don’t really like the subject, or else you will struggle a lot. Furthermore, it’s advanced for a reason. Just because the only pre-req to linear algebra is Calc I/AB doesn’t mean that you are going to breeze through it simply because you have finished AB and BC. It’s a very different subject, and very different kind of work.</p>
<p>Hi guys, kind of jumping in here, but I have a general question. </p>
<p>I’ve taken an average of about one community college course per semester of high school, I now have 27 units (3 units is a typical class), and a 4.0 GPA. I’m wondering how I impress upon the colleges I’m applying to that I have taken these classes out of interest (which is the truth), not to appear better. </p>
<p>The classes have been pretty eclectic, but with the exception of the two Spanish courses I took so I wouldn’t have to take them at the high school, they have all been things I’m interested in. However, they don’t really have a common theme: (Ethics, Philosophy, Intro Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Criminal Justice, Political Science + the two Spanish). I suppose I could lump Ethics and Philosophy together, as they demonstrate my interest in knowledge and thought. Obviously the two psychologies demonstrate an interest. </p>
<p>I don’t know if this makes sense, but in what ways can I show that taking these classes demonstrates my intellectual curiosity, not my desire to get into college? Thanks.</p>
<p>Lol @ attending Penn State when accepted to HYPSM schools >_></p>