<p>don’t forget that since DE courses are real college courses, they contain real college grades which they stay with the student forever (unlike AP test scores and AP grades). What that means is that grad school apps, and moreover professional schools, will use those DE grades for admissions. If they are all (or mostly) A’s, the DE student has a big leg up. But if the student succumbs to Senior-itis and tanks the second semester of senior year, those ‘poor’ DE grades are permanent.</p>