<p>I’ve gotten mail from KSU about dual enrollment and I’m not really sure what to think about it. I’m a rising junior and if I took the SAT today I’d get about an 800 in CR, 700-720 in math, and 780-800 in Writing so I have to imagine I’d probably get in since that seems to be the biggest admission factor for this thing.</p>
<p>So would this be significantly worth it? I’m interested in majoring in a science in college, and I’m not interested in actually going to undergrad at KSU at all. If I continue on my plan for the rest of my HS career, I will end up with 10 total AP classes, including calc and 2 sciences. Getting college credit early isn’t a huge concern for me, I’m only really interested in this at all in terms of getting an admissions boost for a school like GA Tech or UGA/ doing something more interesting than AP classes in high school.</p>
<p>So to summarize:</p>
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<li><p>Will doing this help/harm me in admissions to a place like Georgia Tech?</p></li>
<li><p>In terms of education, would I be better off just doing APs at my above-average suburban HS?</p></li>
<li><p>Would this help/hurt me in admissions to out of state schools? Like, would it be harder to get scholarships to an out of state if I do this, since KSU isn’t exactly a national name?</p></li>
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<p>btw, they put in testimonials from two beautiful girls that did this. Bastards know how to appeal to hormones of a 16 year old Lol</p>
<p>Presumptuous about impending SAT scores, hope you’re right. As for dual enrollment, oh yeah, I’m sure that both schools look down upon poor little ole’ Kennesaw. It is just too far below our taste. </p>
<p>Anyway, it shouldn’t hurt and it may not help either (it’ll at least offer a college environment for the science courses. Such an environment is much different from AP regardless of differences in difficulty between schools. AP lies when it says it’s a college level course. Maybe content wise…sometimes. But it cannot simulate the environment). My friends, before matriculating at Tech did dual enrollment at Armstrong Atlantic State (they took physics plus some other stuff I believe) so it didn’t hurt. That’s really dumb that you think going somewhere not prestigious/national for dual enrollment will harm admissions chances OOS. You seriously think most OOS places would discriminate like that? I mean, going to so called “nationally” branded places just to take a nice college environment course will cost many lots of money and they know this. They merely want to see you challenge yourself, whether via AP/IB or joint enrollment. I’ve also seen people admitted here, a private institution, after doing dual enrollment at AASU. Needless to say, the standards are every bit as strict or lax as it is for OOS institutions. </p>
<p>“If you do joint enrollment, it better be at a college with a national reputation!”…yeah right lol. Often it is only a handful medical schools that find such a philosophy acceptable, and it is in reference to taking summer courses.</p>
<p>^ I know I probably sound overconfident about my Sats but I’ve done multiple Blue Book tests/qas/old PSATs and those are my consistent scores.</p>
<p>PSATs are less pressured than an SAT sitting though, so there is no telling. I did better on SATs and I’ve seen many do worst. Anyway, just drop the dual enrollment “national reputation” elitism (I mean, this is assuming that someone would be most impressed if you did dual enrollment at somewhere like UGA. I seriously doubt it. Most schools won’t care where you do it). Make your own decision. If you want to see what it feels like to take a science class at college, whether it be at Tech (many do this) or KSU, or wherever (most will have huge classes, the epitome of your first year regardless of if you have AP credit or not), do so if you can afford it. Don’t merely do it because you believe it will boost admission chances. I mean doing it has some perks as getting automatic credit merely by passing course w/a C or higher as opposed to needing a 5 on AP and probably being taught to the test for a great portion of the semester/year to achieve that. Again, a more realistic college environment, no fluff.</p>