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<p>For undergrad admissions, generally the answer is no for private colleges. Courses at the local community college come in all shapes and sizes, whereas AP/IB is a nationally-standardized and normed test. Moreover, highly selective privates will not even give credit for a dual enrollment course, particularly if it not taken on the college campus, unless you take the corresponding AP test.</p>
<p>Public unis, on the other hand, HAVE to treat a juco course similar to AP/iB. (It would political suicide to do othewise!)</p>
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<p>The public universities also are likely to have pre-arranged articulation agreements with the community colleges, so they know what courses at the community colleges are equivalent to what courses at the universities. Such an articulation agreement can be used by the OP to determine whether the “Principles of Biology I” course is actually equivalent to a state university course meant for biology majors and pre-meds.</p>
<p>^^while true, ucb, I think the OP was asking about undergrad admissions – not transfer credit – and how AP vs. juco are used perceived in admissions. While I have no doubt that our local AP courses are much more difficult than the equivalent IGETC, transferrable juco course – and private schools know it too, UC and Cal State must treat both as equivalent in admissions. I would be shocked if Stanford and Pomona did the same, however.</p>