<p>About a month ago my son's Spanish teacher told the class they would be eligible for 3 credits from a local university. Interesting actually since he chose not to take AP Spanish because he didn't think he could handle it. </p>
<p>One of my son's first choice schools is Tulane, and I know they don't accept dual enrollment credits. Apparently UVA does, but the credits don't count towards fulfilling the foreign language requirement (not sure exactly what they mean - possibly used as an elective?) It looks like our state university will accept the credit, and I can't find the info on the websites of the other schools on his list. </p>
<p>Since we are not sure where he will end up since financial aid is a factor, I'm looking for advice on whether or not I should pay for the three credits. It's $355- if postmarked by tomorow, and $35 more if in by the 26th (and since we won't get most financial aid letters until after that time, we still won't have a clue as to where he is going) How much luck have the rest of you had with colleges accepting dual enrollment credits???</p>
<p>I found that it really paid off for me to do a little research before I was dual-enrolled. Each university had a different policy. The University of Washington is taking all 46 of my credits (I made sure each class was transferable before I chose it), and I'll actually matriculate as a sophomore. </p>
<p>That being said, other schools took little to none!</p>
<p>After checking out each school's foreign language requirements, I made sure that one of my college classes was Spanish 201 (2nd-year university level Spanish), worth 4 quarter credits. I had already completed four years of high school Spanish at this point. Having dual-enrolled in Spanish 201, I will never have to worry about taking a foreign language again or a foreign language placement test...at least at my desired schools. This was important to me as I did not want to spend another summer going over vocabulary!</p>
<p>In FL, the state schools will accept both credits earned at local college and APs (S would have entered as junior). CMU offered him a full year of credit. Other schools offered chance to have advanced placement. Where he matriculated, nothing was offered. They gave their own tests, and S only passed out of one class.</p>
<p>So, from my experience, the credits offered paralled the safety/match/reach level of colleges that he applied to.</p>
<p>PS. School paid for 5 classes a year at local college, as long as the HS did not offer the class (e.g. advanced math, Latin, econ, etc)</p>
<p>In our high school, our state university system offers credit for some of the AP courses. As far as I know, the vast majority of the students do not register or pay for this because the AP credit is much more flexible in applying to a range of colleges. And, as posted above, it is much easier to use the AP credit than to transfer the credits to a school other than the state university system.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on how tight your budget is at the moment. THe dual enrollment program at D's school has had their credits accepted at most ivies, top LACs, etc. But it is still a crapshoot, as only 90% of the country's schools will accept the credits. And in that 10% could fall the school at which you wind up.</p>
<p>Tulane accepted my daughter's dual enrollment credits in fall 2006 - Spanish, Calculus and Statistics. When she transferred to another school, they also accepted the credits. Fortunately, in Georgia, HOPE also pays for the students to take the dual enrollment classes.</p>