<p>Hi everyone,
First post here and glad to be here. I'm typing this on my phone at night do I apologize in advance for any blatant and obvious grammar mistakes. I have a few questions.
1. Better to Dual Enroll or AP?
I could take Gov and Macro Economics AP(both) at my school, or I can dual enroll it at a local community college. Which is better to do admissions wise? I have the same situation for English 4(Lit. And Comp. AP). I'm on pace right now to have 11 AP, not including possible self study or English 4 or Gov and Eco. If I took AP Gov and Economics and English AP, that would complete my schedule, but if I dual enrolled I could fit two more classes in, and the only APs left would be Bio and Human Geography. Anyways, just wondering what you guys though. (Eco and Gov are one year at my school)
2. Next question. On Collegeboard, apparently some colleges recommend 4 years of a Foriegn Language? I can only take three years of my current language French. Is it worth it to double up on Foriegn Languages the last two years of school(Spanish would be the other), and end up with five languages? Would I get them confused? Would it be worth it to self study or SAT Subject test French to make up for the missing year? Is it even that big of a requirement?
Thanks for putting up with me, and sorry again for any mistakes</p>
<p>to answer your second question, if you can only take three years of french at your school in particular, then you should be fine. you took the maximum amount and that’s good!</p>
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<li>Are you planning on enrolling in-state? In my state dual credit only count for in-state colleges, whilst a good score on an AP test is good anywhere.</li>
<li>Just as ‘harrypotter<3’ said, 3 years in fine. In fact my Latin teacher only took 2 years in High School.</li>
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<p>Check to see whether the AP course and the college course are at the same pace. In some cases, high schools will stretch out what is normally a one semester college course over a year (Statistics, Calculus AB, Government, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics are probably common examples). If that is the case at your school, then the college course may allow you to learn the same amount of material in less time (which appears to be what you are seeing in that you have more schedule space if you take the college courses instead of the AP courses).</p>
<p>If you are a motivated student, learning at a faster pace so that you can learn more (and incidentally get more college credit) may be desirable. (However, be aware that all college grades do become part of your GPA if you intend to later apply to professional school like medical school, so don’t slack off in those college courses.)</p>
<p>Community college courses are generally well accepted by same state public universities, often better than AP credit is. However, AP credit is better recognized at out of state or private universities, which would typically have to individually review community college courses for transfer credit.</p>
<p>For your first one, Dual Credit is always more impressive (everyone does AP, but not everyone leaves HS and friends), as long as its not a 101 or 105, and you maintain good college GPAs. What I’m doing is six HS classes, some which are AP, and then taking a 7th at Comm College for self study AP prep (so double college credit and HS credit). Some would rather get AP credit via self study and Dual Credit something totally different.</p>
<p>For your secon question, stick to one language if you can. Four years of French is better than one year of four different languages. If your school doesn’t offer higher, go to Comm Collee if its that necessary. Most colleges just check to see if you did the minimum.</p>