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RaptorDad2013 · 09-02-2008, 07:45 PM

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Thanks! You understand the issue, at least as I read the original poster's question and the same my son is dealing with. It is the same course! My son doesn't want to get transfer credit from USNA -- he just wants to "get in!"

The high school calculus course he is taking is "AP Calculus." He can also pay (and has) a reduced tuition to a nearby, well-regarded liberal arts college (not a Junior or Community College) and receive 4 credits for "Calculus of Single Variable Functions." He can also, if he wants, sign up for and take the AP test next spring. Or, he could just take the course and the grade. In all options, it is the same course, taught the same way, by the same teacher, with no difference from one student to another.

My son's rationale (and it was his choice) was to sign up for the college credit as well, so that USNA Admissions would see his course grade AND the college level credit as an indication that he could succeed at that level at the Academy. He is only thinking of it as an another indicator of ability to do college level work (in addition to SAT's, GPA, etc).

As lotrjedi13 says just above, "he can take both at the same time, in the same class." Seems like it can't hurt and perhaps help. And, it seems like that was the intent of the original question.

09-02-2008, 07:45 PM	#14
RaptorDad2013 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Where Heaven is just a local call! Posts: 111	USNA69 gets it! USNA69 Thanks! You understand the issue, at least as I read the original poster's question and the same my son is dealing with. It is the same course! My son doesn't want to get transfer credit from USNA -- he just wants to "get in!" The high school calculus course he is taking is "AP Calculus." He can also pay (and has) a reduced tuition to a nearby, well-regarded liberal arts college (not a Junior or Community College) and receive 4 credits for "Calculus of Single Variable Functions." He can also, if he wants, sign up for and take the AP test next spring. Or, he could just take the course and the grade. In all options, it is the same course, taught the same way, by the same teacher, with no difference from one student to another. My son's rationale (and it was his choice) was to sign up for the college credit as well, so that USNA Admissions would see his course grade AND the college level credit as an indication that he could succeed at that level at the Academy. He is only thinking of it as an another indicator of ability to do college level work (in addition to SAT's, GPA, etc). As lotrjedi13 says just above, "he can take both at the same time, in the same class." Seems like it can't hurt and perhaps help. And, it seems like that was the intent of the original question.
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