<p>My school offers a program where, starting junior year, you can take one class per semester at the local community college, and it counts for both high school credits (though it doesn't go towards GPA) and college credits. Then, for the last semester of senior year you have the opportunity to "early graduate" and go to the community college full-time.</p>
<p>I was wondering if this type of thing is common or not- from the schools I've heard of, none have a program like this, but I don't exactly have the largest sample size. </p>
<p>Also, how good would this look for college? Would it seem better than AP classes, or basically the same? Thanks!</p>
<p>Don’t graduate early…it could make you a transfer student if you wanted to go to other colleges and transfer admissions tend to be harder than regular.</p>
<p>Dual enrollment is very common, although it’s generally preferable to take AP classes. I’d only do this if there are no more AP classes to take at your school.</p>
<p>I personally do both, it is great if there is a specific class you want to take and/or the AP version is a joke at your school. But don’t graduate early, stick with one college class a semester.</p>
<p>One class per semester? In out state we do 15 credits (3 classes) per quarter. And the graduate early thing is dumb. I’d rather just graduate early and go straight to a Uni. Most University’s consider dual-enrollment students as freshmen as long as they don’t have their AA’s.</p>
<p>And I think you should talk to the admissions offices at the schools you’re looking at. I had the same question about dual-enrollment and AP’s, and they said AP classes show rigor, but your college credit is based off the exam and the coursework. They said both would make you a competitive candidate.</p>
<p>Yeah, thanks. My school only offers 6 AP classes since it’s pretty small, so most of the kids that want more would just take a college class.</p>
<p>I haven’t actually looked into the early graduate thing. The reason a lot of kids do it is because our school lets you get 16 credits a year instead of 12, so some people are done with all their credits by the second semester of senior year and there’s nothing left to do. Anyways, I’m not sure if you’re considered a high school student or a college student, and whether or not it would make you a transfer student. I’ll have check it out, I guess. Thanks again.</p>