I am a high school student who has taken about 8 AP and 5 community college courses. Since most students don’t take community courses, I am not totally sure if I should. I’m trying to apply to Princeton, Yale, and UPenn. Would it help my application at all if I do this? Or would it just be bothersome.
Not bothersome at all. In fact, colleges want to know about those courses and failing to disclose them could be grounds for rescinding your acceptance!
We sent 4 college transcripts along with my son’s high school transcript. I believe colleges want to see all grades and course titles, so you should send them when you apply. We sent official transcripts. It was expensive, but I don’t know whether those colleges would accept unofficial transcripts. (Actually, sending transcripts from the 2 community colleges was a lot less expensive than from the 2 4-year colleges.)
When you want a tippy top college, you should be able to read how they describe their requirements.
They and the common app ask for all courses.
What makes you think your competition for a tippy top won’t have also taken cc or DE-type classes? That competition will be fierce.
@lookingforward Sorry, I meant that most students in my area don’t take community college courses… which is why I wasn’t totally sure about submitting them in their additional materials. 
The common app asked for all courses, but not for my college courses, which weren’t related with my high school at all like dual-enrollment.
Of course, I am aware that other students that I am competing against would also take college courses in other places.
Ii have read about this online. That’s why I came here to ask. This is what gets me confused:
Requirements in the application:
Common/Coalition/QB App
$80 Application Fee or Fee Waiver
Two Teacher Recommendations
One Counselor Recommendation
School Report (including Transcript) <-- submitted by my HS counselor
Standardized Test Results
Mid-Year Report (due when first semester/term senior grades are available at your school)
Types of Supplementary Materials
Art (Not college transcript)
Music (Not college transcript)
Film (Not college transcript)
Dance (Not college transcript)
Academic Work(Scientific research, LoR, Papers, Abstract) Not college transcript
Extra Recommendations (Not college transcript)
So would you still include the college transcript in the additional materials section?
@epiphanymoments I would submit the transcripts so they can see your progress.Either way, you would have to send your transcripts in and they would have to see your college work. It doesn’t hurt you in anyway unless you did terribly.
You send the college transcripts through the community college, not by uploading a scanned document yourself. The community college likely uses Parchment or some other service to send them. You will likely get confirmation by email when colleges receive electronic copies of transcripts (some are sent by physical mail). We have not seen any portals that have a space to list other transcripts received.
I’ll copy this from someone else’s older post. Maybe it helps.
"On the Common Application, go to: EDUCATION and select COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. The first question asks:
If you have taken a college/university course beginning with 9th grade, please indicate number of colleges.
Select from the drop-down menu the number of colleges you attended, then fill in the information: Select COLLEGES TAUGHT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS, FOR CREDIT and TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE."
Usually, this can show how you added to what the hs offers or stretched.