<p>with taking community college courses rather than AP: check the quality. Our high school APs are much, much, MUCH harder than comparable courses at the local regional UNIVERSITY - it's not even a community college! The courses at this 4th tier university are a joke. I know from many years of experience as a volunteer. I'm glad my kids took AP US History at the high school rather than at this university; same with intro English courses, etc. I can't even begin to contrast them - there was no comparison.</p>
<p><edit> I must have been writing while Marite was posting above. I agree 100%. My kids did take an Ivy League course which was accepted, but I can't imagine the local u's courses being accepted.</edit></p>