A place for dual enrollment students to unite and answer questions for all things dual enrollment.
I’m taking DE U.S. History this semester, and possibly DE English + Economics next year or just doing full DE besides my engineering class next year. Not sure though.
Hey equationlover.
My only non DE classes are English and History. I may take those at a college level next year as it would free up my schedule. I would have done that this year, but it’s only available to seniors. 
I’m using DE to get through math faster and have access to higher level physics. English and economics are both possible online classes at our CC.
Have you taken clac 1 DE yet? I’m considering doing that over the summer between my junior/senior year.
I’m more interested in DE also because of time constraints. I want to take three sciences next year (don’t worry, only one of them is offered in honors lol) and that plus AP English and others is a lot. Already taking history at local CC because I don’t have enough room in my schedule to take AP. It would help to lighten my course load, because my senior year (two years from now), is going to be VERY rigorous, and it would help to only take 6 classes a semester instead of seven. I could also drop Spanish (really don’t want to though)…
I gave up French, mostly because there was no room for the class. I may self study it a bit and try for the AP exam.
Yeah I’ve took the equivalent of calc AB last semester. It wasn’t too hard but I’m math inclined and had a good teacher. Our teacher was extremely good but lots of kids still dropped the class as everything went by too fast. Summer goes by even faster so if you want to go that route make sure you’re grounded in pre-calc and trig. Secondly MIT offers free lectures on YouTube for calc. Watch the relevant lecture before you cover the topic in class to help ease yourself into it.
Make sure you look up the teacher on Rate My Professor before you make a decision. Some teachers are terrible and others are great.
Taking Calc 1, English 2, Programming C++, and Macroeconomics this semester of my senior year.
DC courses have been a real blessing because I see much more value in them than APs. They seem to be a lot more transferable, and I believe they have really given me a stepping stone into a university.
Was thinking of slacking this last semester because colleges won’t see my grades for admission, and as long as I have all Bs and better, I don’t think I will get rescinded. Decided to go all out and get some more As because even though these grades aren’t “transferable,” any graduate program will factor CC grades into your application GPA.
College Alumni Interviewer here:
Make sure you understand why you are taking DE classes.
To save $ in the future? Good.
To take advanced classes because you have taken all you can at HS? Good.
To take “college classes” vs AP classes? No.
I had an example of a potential nursing student who took DEclasses in Psychology and Sociology and English but was not taking AP Bio/Chem or other science/math classes senior year. She was not admitted.
Make sure you have the classes you need for your potential major.
Also make sure you do well in these classes!
@bopper Thanks for the reminder.
DE courses stay on your transcript forever so if you do badly, it’ll haunt you. Our councillor keeps warning people about that which is why everyone has to review their grades and class difficulty before each drop deadline.
I’ll say this for DE classes vs AP classes. They go by much faster. Our highschool has a good variety of APs but doesn’t give credit for self study and is stringent in accepting credit from other programs. One kid self studied for the AP Calc BC exam when in AB and the school fought against him being allowed to take the BC test. That would have been me, because three quarters through the semester I already knew everything ahead. So the best aspect of DE for me is that I actually have a reason to self study as I can test out of classes instead of dying of boredom. The only annoying part is I can’t test out of classes I’m currently enrolled in.
DE courses I think are best for people who have an idea about what they want to do with their life. I know I want to head in physics, potentially engineering, and I can take classes related to those fields which don’t exist at my high school.
Not sure about other schools, but my old high school used to weigh AP courses higher than DE. An A in an AP is a 6.0 while an A in DE is a 5.5.
My new school weighs them equally, thank goodness. Has anyone else experienced this?
Our school weighs Honors, APs, and I believe DE all the same. I’ve heard of the some crazy weighting. The things that confuses me about DE is that as they’re listed on my transcript, I get 3.33 credits for every single credit. This means I need 3 semesters of PE for one year. Groan.
On the bright side it’s possible to take PE online. I’m still confused on how that’s supposed to work.
You mean you have to take 3 DE classes to equal 2 high school classes?
Let us know what online PE consists of :))
I’m curious about that PE class. I’ll probably do that over the summer.
Any PE classes are worth 1 credit so yup. Things I wished I did: finish P.E. earlier. At least I get to do fun P.E. classes such as karate or soccer.
The strange credit conversion mean that I have 16.5 credits from one math class… That is a little more than 1.5 school years.
FWIW my kid did online PE one summer. He had to submit an exercise plan that fit a set of provided guidelines, then a weekly log of said exercise, signed off on by a parent. Then there was health education stuff as well. It was… weird, but it worked.
@yankeeinGA Oh no… that sounds like a pain… actually it would be a great idea for me to exercise more consistently. That is definitely weird though. From the course description it sounds like there’s some sort of benchmark test that you have to take at the beginning and the final is that same test again. Those tests happen on campus.
@yankeeinGA I actually took that class last semester, but the log didn’t have to be signed off by a parent. The class was mostly on the honor code system of you should be honest and say what you actually did.
@PulseStar If your class is like mines, that benchmark test is the FItnessGram. For my class, you didn’t have to take the test on campus (which was good because my school doesn’t have a gym). You took the test at your own time and recorded it on a worksheet. Again, everything was honor code, so they would only know if you didn’t do it if you put down a realistic number, but you should do it anyways. I do know of people who have to record and upload a video of their FitnessGram
Eyy. Full time dual enrollment (running start actually) here. My winter quarter just started and I’m taking general chem, general physics, us history, and differential equations.
So you guys run on a quarter system? We have a winter session but those are limited to short classes that are rather boring
Yup.
Hey Guys, I am a Junior in High School taking Sociology and Macro Economics this spring semester at a local community college. I dont really know what I want to do as a career in the future but I decided to take dual enrollment classes to help me decide and maybe boost my transcript. I studied abroad last semester in Spain and unfortunately the grade recieved abroad are getting factored into my GPA, Im really worried about this. Im hoping these DE classes will help me to raise my GPA back up
I have a general rule that I live by which is doing things for me. If you’re entire reasoning to take DE classes is to get your GPA up, I’d say it is a horrible idea.
I just saw your post in the High School thread, but I’m going to answer it here. You’re worrying about having Bs after being a transfer student in a country with a different grading scale. I know of European schools where nobody is supposed to get the equivalent of an A. Share your worries with your college councilor so he can remind the admission officers during his recommendation letter and everything should be fine. Doing a study abroad is something unique about you. Don’t bemoan having the grades on your transcript because you’d otherwise have to retake the semester, which I’d think would be worse. Now that you’re almost back, make sure you can return to a stellar grade average and show that you are succeeding. Continuing taking AP classes or however you planned your life before.
If you decide DE is the way to improve your GPA note that your school policies may not give a GPA boost. There are a lot of intricacies ranging from state to school district. Colleges who calculate their own GPA may weigh the classes differently than APs or only include classes that satisfy certain conditions. DE is a risky endeavor because it’s rather new and there’s not much information about it. I’m currently scratching my head looking at my transcript because it is a confusing mess. The DE classes also remain on your college transcript so if you’re not going to do well, it can cause you anguish years down the road. Because of the potential risks and pitfalls, I’d only suggest DE for students who want to take advantage of an accelerated, alternate, or advanced curriculum. If it’s free, it is also great for reducing costs, but I’d still argue for having a second reason.