Taking College classes vs. AP classes

<p>Would it help more to college admission by taking some local university classes than taking AP classes at high school?</p>

<p>AP.....def</p>

<p>AP; local college classes do help, but minimally.</p>

<p>At least at my school, they advise you to take AP classes/classes at the HS unless you've completely exhausted the classes of a subject. Since the AP exams are given every year, colleges are given a meterstick of your ability compared with students across the country. Your grade in a local university/community college class may be slightly harder to distinguish.</p>

<p>but if you live near, say UC Berkeley, wouldn't taking a college class there be better than an AP?</p>

<p>If you plan to go to UC Berkeley/any college, then I think that would be a smart move.</p>

<p>If your school offers the AP you're interested in, by all means take it. If you enjoy it, take a college course to further your knowledge on that subject.</p>

<p>It is being increasingly recognized that the AP courses are made out to be too big a deal compared to the usual honours courses in the high school. Adcoms may start valuing one's experience with a real college course more than an AP course in the high school setting. Just a thought..</p>

<p>I think there is an except to AP>College classes though.</p>

<p>How about when you're decided between Calc AB + BC vs Calc BC + MV Calc?</p>

<p>(I'm planning to do the second)</p>