<p>I attend a charter high school for grades 11-12 that’s based in a local community college. This means I take college courses for both HS and college credit (at the end of graduation, they award you with an Associate’s Degree). I guess my question is, how does MIT (or other Math/Science-oriented schools) view programs like these? Do they consider them on the level of say, AP classes, or is it a bit more telling since they’re in ‘actual college environments’?</p>
<p>Try asking an MIT admissions officer.</p>
<p>I think they would tell you to take the most rigorous and challenging curriculum available at your high school. If you feel your classes prepared you for the AP exams, by all means take them!</p>
<p>I don’t think community college classes are looked at as “a bit more telling” but more like equal footing as an AP class. I think both CC and AP look equally impressive to schools. What is extra impressive is when students go to a community college to seek out more than what their school has to offer.</p>