<p>Is it better to take AP course instead take community college course or take community college course instead take AP course ?? (For coummunity college course is not like Pre-algebra, Geometry or other basic courses.....)</p>
<p>p.s. (it is the class the that equivalent to AP...ex: like Econ 100 is like AP marcoecon...Eng 100 is like AP Eng or beyond....Chem 210 is like AP Chem )</p>
<p>Another question!!! Do I get 5 points GPA if I take community college course towards my high school transscript?</p>
<p>Another question that also relates to this!!</p>
<p>"Which one looks better for applying 4 year university?"</p>
<p>for ex: Eng 100-(got A) v.s. Eng AP-(got 3 on the AP test)
Econ 100-(got A) v.s. Macroecon AP-(got 4 on the AP test)
MircoBio (got A , but it is the Bio course that is actually 100% harder than AP bio) v.s. Bio AP (got 5 on the AP test)</p>
<p>When I took dual enrollment courses, the credits transferred in like this.
1000 Level Class = Same as Honors (Extra 1 Point)
2000 Level Class = Same as AP (Extra 2 Points)</p>
<p>I don't know what you talking about like 2000 lv. or 1000 lv........but at in high school, Honors and AP all receive Extra 1 point, which is (4+1)=5</p>
<p>Well..not all high schools are the same. At my high school, AP gets 2 extra points while Honors gets 1. All colleges are not the same either, but obviously if you take higher level courses you should get more quality points for your GPA, but your school's maximum is 1 point so regardless of what you take I guess you only get 1 point. The 1000..2000 thing is just the level of the course. This defers by colleges as well. Some colleges like the one you are completing dual-enrollment at has 100 level courses. The 100 Level = 1000 Level That I am referring to from my dual-enrollment college.</p>
<p>"Well..not all high schools are the same. At my high school, AP gets 2 extra points while Honors gets 1."</p>
<p>Does it really matter how your high school does it? Not at all. It matters how the university/college you're applying to does it -- and most do it the way kevin425650 describes it.</p>
<p>^^^What are you talking about? The only thing I am trying to say is that if you take a higher level course at a college you get 2 quality points at my school. If you take some intro course at a college you get 1 quality point at my school. So honestly I dont no what the purpose of your post was. Im just trying to answer the GPA question that he mentioned above.</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd choose the one that best challenges you. I had to go take some pre-req classes for grad school at the Community College and the quality of instruction was pretty mediocre. My rigorous HS was better than what they had to offer. If your school's AP teachers are rocking, then take them. If youve surpassed them (e.g. taken Calc BC) then take the highest level math course you're qualified for at the CC. If you've taken AP Econ, I think a 100 level Econ course at the local CC would be a snoozer. You're better off assisting your school's AP Econ teacher teach his/her class. How's that for creativity?</p>
<p>Most 100 level classes at the CC would be less rigorous than your HS AP classes, and frankly your classmates won't probably be the ones who took advanced classes at all in high school.</p>
<p>From my experience, AP classes were harder and more intense than the equivalent in college. CC classes tend to be even less rigorous than classes at four year schools.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. My kids HS counted CC as 10 credits per semester, AP as 5 credits per semester. Weighted both plus one point. So the CC class that was dual enrollment really bumped the weighted gpa, unweighted gpa, and class rank.<br>
You need to check with the hs and the college you are interested in.</p>
<p>I know at UF they count dual enrollment classes as 4.5 and AP as 5.0. The reason why I do mostly dual enrollment is because I'm guaranteed the credit (as opposed to the AP tests) and they all transfer to UF.</p>
<p>So I'll graduate HS with over 40 credit hours.</p>