My high shool offers a program with the local community college where we can take classes over there during the day to earn college credit (up to 15 hours). My question is would I be better off going to the community college to take classes, or just take AP at my high school?
Thanks,
Derek
<p>I would take AP over community college.</p>
<p>Now, I'd take a public university over AP.</p>
<p>It depends - if you've taken a ton of APs already and will only be missing one or two to take those, then you're ok. I talked to the Wake Forest people at an an info session about taking a psychology/sociology sequence at my community college over AP Euro and they said it was probably fine. I will have had 6 other APs anyway, so one more wasn't really going to make or break me. I wasn't going to get credit for Euro even if I aced the exam, and I probably won't get credit for the psych courses, but oh well.</p>
<p>I've also read here on CC that colleges are starting to like to see kids that go above and beyond and take community college courses because it shows maturity. That may have been like extra courses beyond your normal load at school, like at night or something, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>So one person says take AP courses, another says take community college.... Anyone else want to comment:)</p>
<p>LOL, yeah, it's confusing. You should take APs over community college if you're going to miss several because you're dual enrolling. The AP curriculum is standardized, so colleges know exactly what you should have learned in the course to do well on the test. Community colleges have more leeway because there's no common exam or anything.</p>
<p>Most colleges have a very straight-forward approach to AP credit you can earn by scoring well on AP tests. They will not necessarily give you credit for classes taken at community college (or any university for that matter). So if you chose to take community college classes instead of your high school AP classes, it might be a good idea to still take the AP test in order to get credit for it later.</p>
<p>I think it also depends on where you live and the quality of of the CC you're taking the classes at. If you live in California the credits you earn will most definitely be transferable to the UCs and CSU's and I think maybe even USC (though I'm not sure on that one). I take JC (junior college) classes instead of AP's because the AP classes wouldn't have worked out with my planned schedule, I wanted an AP credit so I went for the JC classes. They're just as good. I learned the exact same stuff my friends in AP are currently learning plus more.</p>
<p>very good point masha. I remember some of my freinds took courses at a community college in California and they got out of afew course when they got into the UCs. This helped them adjust to the harsh workload. But if the community college has no connections to any larger systems and there aren't benifits beyond saying you took courses at a college then I would definatly take the APs. Sorry if I wrote that a bit confusing. :P</p>
<p>here in my side of town many take classes at ohio state since it's extremely close and obviously of a higher quality than the local community college, but it all depends on your resources</p>
<p>I'm doing 4 AP's and one college course a local U this semester. Next semester I have 4 Ap's and two courses at the same local U. I think it's very advantageous in many ways. First of all, it gets me out of school at noon everyday when everyone else gets out at 3, this is because of "travel time" to the U, but I only have class 2 days a week. Second, the classes at local U are going to be hella easier than AP classes, which make you look good. Third, a college will think you're actually working hard and going above and beyond.... while you're actually doing the easier route.</p>
<p>But thats just for me, the 4 APs I take are the most my school has.</p>
<p>Oh, and In case anyone was wondering. I dont take all my AP courses at a JC. I'm taking 2 AP's this year and 1 JC course this semester and, probably 2 next semester. Its definitely a good thing because this coming summer I want to take classes at UC berkeely.t he course I take now might be able to put me into upper division classes at Berkeley if the Prof approves.</p>
<p>What about taking 4 AP core classes in the morning, then taking electives such as computer classes at the community college later in the day?</p>
<p>Derek:</p>
<p>the top LAC's consider community classes easier than AP, and they typically are, bcos the competition is at a much different level.</p>
<p>Cal dad</p>