<p>Next year I can choose between Honors English or PSEO English. PSEO stands for post secondary enrollment option a.k.a. classes taken through the local community college. PSEO would be more rigorous but it will not receive a weighted grade. It doesn't just not receive a weighted grade but substantially hurts my class rank due to the formula used. It won't do too much harm now but my senior year I planned on taking three PSEO classes instead of regular classes (which would be my only option as I ran out of Honors and AP classes to take). What should I do, should I sacrifice class rank for difficulty or should I do the opposite? What will colleges view more highly? Help!</p>
<p>How rank-centric are the colleges you are considering applying to? See their admissions tabs in their entries on <a href=“http://www.collegedata.com”>http://www.collegedata.com</a> .</p>
<p>College courses may be more readily accepted for credit at public universities, without needing to take an external AP test.</p>
<p>But, in general, sampling true college courses while in high school can give you a taste of what college is like, and what the expectations are, whether or not the content is the same. By this, I mean the expectation that college students are supposed to be self-motivated and not require as much hand-holding, checking attendance, etc. like high school students.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine rank counts all that much. Many schools don’t weight or rank at all anymore (ours doesn’t and most in our area don’t either.) and the schools that do rank have so many different formulas that it is hard to compare. Colleges know this. </p>