<p>Im a junior this year and next year I will have the oppurtunity to do a joint enrollment program with my high school and a local college (not a community college). Joint enrollment is when you can 1) take all of your classes at the college and gain both college and high school credit simultaneously or 2) take some classes at the college and some at the high school (only the ones you take at the college will count for college credit but they will also count as high school credit).</p>
<p>My question is: Will this help me when applying to colleges? I would probably end up taking 2 or 3 college classes (possibly a math, science and lit class) and maybe 4 high school classes (AP Gov and Pol, AP Lang, Maybe AP Calc and maybe AP Lit). Which do you think will be more beneficial?</p>
<p>If you're choosing between two equivalent classes, one JE and one AP, I would go with the AP course. The problem with Joint Enrollment is that you can't predict how the credits will transfer. Most schools have an AP policy laid out that you can look up, and AP is at least a national program. But it might be hard to transfer your credits from a Georgia college if you end up going to school in California, for example. Unless your school has a program with UGA, Tech, or Emory, I can't think of any other schools in GA whose JE credits would be safer than AP credit.</p>
<p>JE (Typically called DE for dual enrollment) are typically best when:
1. You want to take a course not offered by your school
2. You want to take a more advanced version of a non-AP class at your school
3. You want to take a class that is Post-AP</p>
<p>Also, college English classes seem to be the least respected because they differ so much.</p>