AP vs DE
AP
• AP tests are well known nationally and are uniform across the nation
• You can look on any college’s website and see what credit you will get for what scores on the AP tests
• AP Courses are given at your High School
• AP Credit is based on a test you take on one day
• AP courses generally are more spread out…e.g., AP Calc AB = Calc 1 is given over a year, not a semester.
DE
• There are more of a variety of DE courses available at a CC
• DE courses will count for your college GPA…make sure to do well for future Med school/grad school purposes.
• DE Courses may be only available at the CC…how will you get there? How will they overlap with your HS schedule?
• Private and Out of State Colleges may or may not give you credit. They may not give credit for courses taken to fulfill HS requirements. You do not know what credit you can get ahead of time.
• DE Credit is based on your grades over the semester (including final)