<p>If you have, how did you do it? What was your experience like?</p>
<p>My rising junior daughter has taken three classes and done very well. It's been great for her to have the chance to explore subjects that she wouldn't otherwise be able to. She's in an IB program and so she hasn't much class choice. She's also learned different ways of teaching and learning. All in all a good thing.</p>
<p>I've taken 61 hours worth of community college courses in my high school career and I've loved nearly every one of them.</p>
<p>How did you all/your children take them? During the summer or the school year?</p>
<p>My daughter takes/took one class each semester and then one over the summer. She'll have a total of six classes completed before she graduates high school, along with her AP/IB credits.</p>
<p>2 classes a semester x 3 semesters = 6 classes by the time I graduate</p>
<p>The classes are rather interesting because they allow you to explore classes often not offered at your high school.</p>
<p>I've taken them through my high school, because we only offer two APs. So the majority of our upper-level honors courses are actually dual-credit. Last year it was just US History Honors, but this year I'll be taking "Survey of the Humanities," trig/college algebra, and psych honors.</p>
<p>Some of my friends have taken CC courses, and they hated them. They go to very rigorous high schools, and they frequently complain about how easy the CC courses are. Their high school also offers a lot of challenging courses anyway, so they don't really feel like there's much of an advantage.</p>
<p>I've taken on average about 4 classes a semester starting sophomore year, but I'm homeschooled.</p>
<p>Some of my classes were definitely at a higher level than those offered at the local highschool (Calc-based physics, Calc II, Organic Chem), while others were somewhat more "standard:" Spanish, English, USH, etc.</p>
<p>Maybe the CC I go to is pretty good, but I've only had one bad class</p>
<p>My older son took three (he just graduated). He loved them all and thought the quality of teachers was excellent. My younger son just took a guitar class through our cc this summer and had a blast.</p>
<p>I graduated with an associates degree (two years of CC) when i graduated from HS and I liked the majority of classes I took. They were good in that I was exposed to higher level content than at my high school, but the lack of interested peers and teachers (sometimes) was a bit of bummer. Tests were mainly multiple choice, right/wrong, no analysis or creative thinking, which is fine but not amazing. If your high school doesn't offer certain higher level classes, I certainly recommend trying out community college, it's usually pretty decent.</p>