Parents upset over cost of dual enrollment, seem to miss big picture

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In California, DE classes and CC classes while taken in HS are essentially free. If I had known that my kid would 100% end up at a state school, I would have had him take a lot more classes.

This is true for us for DE classes through the local CC. In addition, our local CC is free to local students for 2 years after HS.

However, I paid about $280/unit for the classes S17 took at UCSB during high school. He would have had a lot of units if he’d decided to attend a UC. However, he decided to attend a college that gives absolutely no credit for APs or DE classes. His APs and DEs helped him gain admission to the college he’s attending, no doubt.

There is really no way to know in advance.

I did pay a lot for transcripts to be sent to colleges when he applied. The UC transcripts were $15 each and there were separate transcripts from them for summer classes and for school year classes. The CC transcripts were only about $3 each.