<p>So, I am currently a Junior, I took Psychology over the summer because I wouldn't have room for it this year or my senior year. I took psychology, because I'm interested in majoring in it, so this was a must for me. However, I took it at my local community college. If it helps for anything, I plan to apply to Stanford next year. So, my real question is since I took this course at a community college, instead of my high school, would the college look at it in a different light? Would they take it as AP, or anything of the sort?
The same question goes for all other courses. If they are taken at a community college, instead of the high school, would they be considered as college credit or anything of the sort?</p>
<p>LizzGee, since AP courses are standardized, and community college courses vary a lot, I don’t think you can expect Stanford to automatically look at them as equivalent. Some community college courses aren’t even as challenging as high school courses, and others may be more so. You would have to describe the rigor and content of the community college courses in your application for another college to know how to view them. (Even if they are challenging classes, though, you wouldn’t get college credit for them as a freshman applicant.)</p>
<p>LizzGee: I think you need to call Stanford and find out how they view that. I’m not disagreeing with Zenkoan but I just went through this with my niece who is also your age and wishes to attend Harvard. Her school doesn’t have AP spanish. They stop at spanish III. So knowing that colleges want 4-5 years of a language, I called Harvard and asked what she should do and they said to take spanish at her local community college. They never questioned the quality of the community college. For them they wanted to see that the student was making an effort to be equal to everyone else going into the application pool. </p>
<p>As for whether or not they would accept the credit, I never asked but I tend to believe that Zenkoan is right. I would bet that they wouldn’t transfer the credit.</p>