Should I take honors classes at my CC?

Transfer Students
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<p>I am hoping to transfer to USC for Electrical Engineering. They only ask for 30 units, up to Calculus 2, their writing requirements and two science lab courses.</p>

<p>I currently have 16 units of GEs in with a 4.0 + 20 or something worth of AP credits. I am starting my first semester this fall. I am thinking about registering for Physics, Calc 2 honors, English, and intro to Java.</p>

<p>Do you think it will make much of a difference if I take honors English course or even an honors math course or not? I feel that keeping a high GPA would mean more than taking challenging courses that could hurt my GPA.</p>

<p>At least for English, since its not part of my major, and as I already passed AP lit with a 4 and AP lang with a 3, I don't think they'll care much about normal English. This coursework ends up being 16 units too, so I don't want to make it too challenging on time.</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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<p>Usually the honors courses you’re talking about just mean you get to do papers/presentations on outside research/reading and the curriculum of the course is practically (if not exactly) the same.</p>

<p>If you think you can get A’s with the extra workload, go for it. However, you are correct that an A in calc II non-honors > B in calc II honors. Even if you do get the A’s, it’s more effort without much ROI for admissions. Having A’s in honors classes can’t hurt though :-)</p>