AP/IB or Dual Enrollment Community College Diploma

[ucbalumnus]

@SueLyon

But, on the other hand, they may see the dual enrollment program as being less rigorous than AP/IB because it is essentially community college, just taught on a high school campus. Students don’t have to pass any final test like in AP or IB. They just have to get a good grade in the class. (I think there is a minimum GPA to complete the program.) They can CHOOSE to take AP tests, but that’s MORE work.

College courses have final exams, but they may not necessarily be the only thing that counts in the grade, like with an AP test being the only thing that determines the AP “grade” (score).

If the college course covers the same material as the AP course, then taking the AP test should not require much more work.