Would it be detrimental to future college admissions? My current school doesn’t offer AP classes but offers DE classes and there’s another college I’m asking.
First are the dual enrollment classes all at a college campus with college kids since for some schools that is different than dual enrollment classes taken at high school with just high school students. BU and NYU are examples. Also many high level schools accept dual enrollment in terms of showing rigor for acceptance but don’t use the classes in terms of counting as college credits. If there is a specific school your thinking about it is fine to call admissions and find out how it works for that school since it comes down to being school specific. Some colleges say that if a dual enrollment class is taken that meets a high school graduation requirement they don’t give credit to it even if they give college credits for dual enrollment.
My daughter has done full time dual enrollment for two years (at the end of this school year) all on a college campus. She has never taken an AP class even though several are offered at her high school. For our school you can’t do mix and match since our high school classes have a rotating daily schedule. She applied to 8 colleges and was accepted to all 8 colleges with some high merit. The schools are in state and out of state public and private schools. Some colleges will use your dual enrollment classes as part of your college gpa so that is something you can ask about. You may also want to see how your high school uses the college grades as part of your high school gpa. For us as long as it isn’t considered a remedial class by the college it counts the same as an AP class for weighted gpa. Another thing that can affect high school class rank depending on the person and the school is if your high school does A pluses and college has a top grade of an A only. That isn’t something my daughter worries about but I know some states class rank is a big part of getting into a state school.
Some benefits about applying to college is she has been able to talk to college representatives at both her high school and her college, get letters of recommendation from both schools etc. You can participate in college ecs as well as high school ecs and include them on your college applications if appropriate. Our high school does a great job making sure the dual enrollment kids are included in the regular college planning things they do for seniors and occasionally require her to attend something at the high school but give her time options for that and if there are issues she just needs to talk to her guidance counselors. That is something you can ask your school about. Also if you opt to do full time dual enrollment are you able to participate in high school extra curricular activities (our school allows and encourages it) Also your school profile sent to colleges from your guidance office will most likely say that your school doesn’t offer AP classes.
Doing all dual enrollment does require that a student is a bit more independent. Some kids love following a college schedule, picking classes based on times etc. Some kids miss the daily connection to the high school community such as having lunch with friends. There are pros and cons but some kids love it.
@momtogirls2 I don’t have many friends so that’s fine with me 
I’m only currently a freshman, but I don’t feel challenged enough at my current school. If I do take dual enrollment classes, will out of state colleges accept them as college credits?
Yes, some colleges will accept some credits, but it will vary by place. Until your college list is done, the best you can do is focus on making the right educational choices for challenging and engaging material at your level of preparation. As you get further into your college search, you can start picking with transfer plans in mind.
Be very very careful taking college courses as a HS sophomore.
Are you taking Honors courses now?
If you try taking a college level course, try an “easy” one first…
I have read stories on CC here where people in the same situation are failing and it was obvious to me they shouldn’t have taken that class.
@bopper noted. Thank you!
My school doesn’t offer Honors classes either, but it does offer this “Introductory to College Classes” college class at the end of freshman year that’s supposed to prepare you for college classes. Most people at my school who choose to take college classes seem to do pretty well, but the only reason I was asking on CC was because I planned on taking classes at a different college.
Does that make sense?
Actual college courses (though not necessarily college courses taught at the high school to only high school students) typically require the student to have more self-motivation and time management skills, with much less supervision and progress monitoring.
In addition, they may cover material at a faster pace than high school courses (including many AP courses). For example, the college course equivalents to year long high school courses like AP psychology, AP calculus AB, and AP statistics are semester long courses. A semester of college foreign language is commonly equivalent to a year or even more of high school foreign language.