So I’m just genuinely curious. At my school there are AP A classes available but pretty much no one takes them. Dual enrollment is pushed very heavily at my school. Consequently, I have only taken 1 AP class but will have 51 college credit hours by the time I graduate. I know some times colleges think of dual enrollment as less than AP so like how does this factor? Yeah we have AP but they’re all online and no one really does them. Would I still be doing the most challenging courses available at my school. AP and dual enrollment are both weighted the same so I’ve never really understood why they’re thought of as lesser.
It’s not coming out this week. My guidance counselor said it’s probably coming out next Wednesday and she’s been 100% about college decisions so far.
@dragon8301 The admissions email which was sent out yesterday guarantees they are being released on Friday given past precedent.
@madison112 I directly responded to the first email they sent about the portals. Good luck!
@spacebunsweetie That’s a really good point! Given that the course opportunities at schools can vary greatly, that’s why GPA comparisons (even when weighted) are not straightforward. If a school doesn’t offer as many or very few AP classes, it seems a student is disadvantaged especially at more selective schools. I think colleges account for this by evaluating the rigor of courses taken given the courses available at one’s school. If one’s transcript shows they haven’t taken advantage of AP courses available at their school, it would imply less rigor even if they had a perfect 4.0 GPA (4.0 scale). In your case, since your AP opportunities are via on-line, seems your school probably reports few AP courses available (if any). To your point about AP vs Dual Enrollment (DE), AP classes can also differ on rigor at different schools and so the value of taking AP classes becomes greater when one takes the corresponding AP Test (and scores well), because those results can be compared objectively. Also, AP scores can also result in credit at colleges one attends and/or course placement. Regarding DE, I would tend to think, as you, that taking college classes should have greater value (from perspective of college applications) than AP classes. But the argument to that would be, it depends on where those DE college classes were taken as an “A” in some colleges may be easier to earn than at others. So DE courses although impressive and shows desire to take challenging courses might also be harder to use as comparison. My D also took AP (8 out of 12 available, scoring 5’s on all except one) and DE (25 credit hours, taking the AP test for the course if there was a corresponding one). She took the AP courses that were in line with her interests and concurrently pursued the DE path to learn more about specific subjects that she became more deeply interested in. Sometimes we had discussions about AP vs DE, but in the end… decided it’s best to take courses that were in her interests, whether AP or DE and not worry about how they would fare in college apps. Just trust that she will end up accepted at colleges that will be the right fit!! Hopefully this helps somewhat 
@megaserindipity thank you!
hi this is late for chances but im OOS, ACT 32, weighted gpa 4.1, total of 6 AP classes, involvement in theatre, historian of a service based club, NHS member, I and just completed a 6 week journalism internship, also nominated for morehead cain, but eliminated in the first round.
Not trying to flex he applied to 10 OOS schools and he said he will be lucky if he gets into 1. One of those 10 was and IVY Early Action also and was deferred. I don’t know what these kids need to do anymore to be accepted back in our day you get 1100 on SAT and were in the top 10% it was almost a golden ticket to any school.
2 years ago my daughter applied to UNC with cUmulative ACT 34.25, top 10%, in state, weighted GPA 4.85 and didn’t get in… they deferred first, then weightlisted… She graduated in Junior year, so I was told that is one thing UNC system schools don’t like, but still makes no sense…
I know you want to avoid the truth but it’s true.
In meck atleast, they changed the gpa scale so you can’t compare weighted gpas with earlier students
The stats That UNC and NCState have poster for last years freshmen Seems to be On The 6 point weighted GPA scale to match the scale of The highschool graduating class in NC, correct?
Kaustubh i hope u get in
@karen0 , @truthspeaker did your emails refer to a specific research opportunity or department ? Mine talked specifically about opportunities and people related to the major I applied to.
I meant the “think with great minds at carolina email” that went right around the holidays
I’ve gotten 3 emails from chapel not including the one from yesterday
Time to apply for financial aid
Season’s greetings from chapel hill
Think with great minds at Carolina
Were all those sent to everyone else? Did some people get additional ones?
@NCSUbio21 Meck county high school class of 2018 was on the 6 pt scale. Class of 2019 is on a 5 pt scale.
@chb088 @NCSUbio21 knowing that would the reported GPA on the website be on the 6 point scale?
@dkahfdfhk yes my son received all of those emails during the past several months
@spacebunsweetie yes. Up to this point, it’s only been 6 pt scale.