How does dual enrollment affect chances to top schools like MIT?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hey guys, I am a high school junior taking roughly half of my course load at a local university and half at my high school through AP. How significant would these dual-enrolled classes be for applications to top schools (provided I get As)?

I plan on majoring in Chemistry and the courses I have taken/will take are:
Organic Chemistry I/II
Physical Chemistry I/II
Multivariate Calculus
Differential Equations
And hopefully some sort of Introductory Research (under direction and supervision of professor)

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Schools will certainly appreciate that you’re seeking out and succeeding at very challenging courses.

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DE classes are another way to demonstrate a rigorous counselors, along with AP and IB classes. In a holistic admissions process, I would not assume them to be any better, nor any worse.

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I agree with UglyMom. I took Dual Enrollment courses all throughout high school, and I ended up getting into all the Ivy Leagues (except Harvard waitlist) and I’m currently an MIT student. Not sure how much of this is due to DE courses though, YMMV.