[Moved] Senior Year: AP vs Dual Enrollment

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Hello,

I am a rising junior who is trying to weigh the benefits of taking Dual Enrollment classes at a local university my senior year vs taking AP courses offered at my high school.

I am very interested in applied math, the natural sciences and computer science. The following potential schedules are the frontrunners that I have determined from the two options:

Dual Enrollment (I can take 4 classes per quarter):

  1. Vector Calculus w/ Complex Analysis, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Partial Diff Eqs
  2. Data Structures and Algorithms, Phys II (E&M), Phys III (Waves & Optics)
  3. Honors Organic Chem I, II, and III
  4. English Comp II, American Lit, American Gov’t

AP (I have 7 periods):

  1. Jazz Band
  2. Wind Ensemble
  3. AP English Lit
  4. AP US Gov’t
  5. AP Environmental Science (Already taken every other AP science)
  6. Honors Biotechnology
  7. Projects in CS
    *I would likely take an online math course (already taken statistics)

I would love your input on these schedules, specifically in determining which would look more impressive to top colleges.

Thanks in advance!

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You should take classes that interest you and not just to impress “top colleges”.

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http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2189963-senior-year-ap-vs-dual-enrollment.html is the OP’s other thread asking the same question.