Community College vs AP Class

[Earthquake]

How do community college classes compare to the actual AP class at your schools? Will these community college classes prepare you for the AP Exam?

[proletariat2]

In my area, community college classes are much easier than the AP classes in high school, but it varies.

[Earthquake]

Well, easy can mean many things. Does it prepare you for the AP Exam? or teach you the material?

[proletariat2]

I haven't taken any courses there, but I would assume not.

[gioosorio]

if you take the college class then there's no point in taking the ap test. i'm taking calculus at the community college and it's only one semester and seems to be easier then the one year class at school that would be tons more difficult

[Earthquake]

You are only doing Calculus I? You are not continuing with Calculus II? Well, the higher tier schools will not accept credit and getting a 5 on the AP exam will show that you have actually learned it. You might as well take it...

How many times do you meet a week? For how long? Are there homework assignments, projects, etc?

[gioosorio]

Calc I is in the fall semester, Calc II is in the spring. My class meeets tuesdays and thursdays from 6:45-9:20, but he usually lets us out early. He gives us homework but we dont turn it in so our grade is based on quizzes and tests. At my school it is extremely rare for someone to get a 5 on the AP Calc test.

[JBVirtuoso]

How do top schools treat community college credit? I assume not as well as public universities, but is it worth anything at all?

[kevin63138]

Well, I know MIT does:

"Studies completed at a recognized college or university with college/university instructors will be evaluated for credit in the same manner as studies completed by transfer students.

If you are seeking MIT credit for college coursework done elsewhere, you should obtain a course description and syllabus for each class for which you are seeking credit. This information should include the names of the textbooks used and chapters covered, the hours of class and laboratory time assigned to the course, and the number of weeks in the term of study. Your request to transfer credit to MIT will not be considered without these materials.

Credit and/or appropriate placement are offered if the subjects are substantially equivalent to those in the MIT curriculum and if the grade earned meets MIT standards. No credit will be issued without an official transcript sent directly to MIT by the issuing college or university. If you receive credit for a specific MIT subject and subsequently register for the same subject, the credit originally awarded is void.

Any course not documented by an official college/university transcript will not be accepted for MIT credit. This includes:

* Courses listed on a high school transcript, even if they were taken in a college
* Courses documented with a letter from an instructor or principal in lieu of an official college/university transcript

NOTE: If you have a sufficient amount of MIT credit units, you may be offered sophomore status at the end of your first semester."

And think about it: In a community college course, you are covering Calculus I in a semester, while i the AP class, it takes a year...because you're in high school. So, I think the CC class would be harder, right?

[Earthquake]

Well, Calculus BC is Calculus I+II so it would be the equivalent.

[Earthquake]

Are there two terms in the summer session for community colleges?