<p>Title says it all. Is there a difference in how colleges may regard each of these classes? I have to choose one. For Calc 3, however, dual enrolling might be a hassle schedule-wise for me.</p>
<p>Either/or. Your choice.</p>
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<p>If Calc 3 will be a hassle for your schedule, then just take Linear Algebra</p>
<p>If you take linear algebra while in high school, be aware that some colleges combine linear algebra and differential equations into one course. So you may want to also take differential equations, so that you will not end up with partial credit for the course and have to retake the whole course at a college where they are combined into one course.</p>
<p>How likely would I be able to get credit in college from dual enrolling? I’m probably looking at UMich, UVa, UCB+the Ivy League. Will they probably not give credit so they won’t care about dual enrollment credits at a community college?</p>
<p>And do any of those schools, if they accept credit, combine linear algebra and diffeq like you said?</p>
<p>I doubt you will get credit for Cal 3 with a dual enrollment from a Community college to most selective schools. Definitely check the departmental sites of the schools on your short list.</p>
<p>Schools like that are more likely to allow you to start at a higher level than award credit. As many here have said, if you want to pursue that route, get ahold of the final in the course you want to skip, and make sure you can get an A or high B on the final before skipping.</p>
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<p>Look up “transfer credit” on each school’s web site.</p>
<p>The public schools will have pre-arranged articulation agreements with same-state community colleges (and possibly other colleges), so that you know whether a given course counts for subject credit there. For example:
<a href=“http://saz-webdmz.eservices.virginia.edu/asequivs/”>http://saz-webdmz.eservices.virginia.edu/asequivs/</a> (University of Virginia)
<a href=“UM Transfer Credit Equivalencies”>http://www.ugadmiss.umich.edu/TCE/Public/CT_TCESearch.aspx</a> (University of Michigan)
<a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> (for California community colleges and state universities)</p>
<p>The private schools are often much less generous, particularly with dual enrollment courses taken on a high school campus, as opposed to in a regular college course.</p>
<p>The schools’ economic motivations are obvious – the public schools want their mostly-in-state students to graduate as quickly as possible, so that they use up less of the in-state tuition subsidy, while the private schools prefer to keep the students paying tuition for the full eight semesters.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, if you are considering skipping introductory courses at the college you eventually attend, try those courses’ old final exams to determine how well you know the material.</p>