Dual Enrollment or AP Classes

[ucbalumnus]

@tdy123

To give an extreme example, college admissions officers will not be as impressed with a high school kid getting an A in Calc at a local community college where the average SAT is 900/1600 as they would be with a HS kid getting an A in a class like Math 1207 at Columbia or Math 25/55 at Harvard.

The regular calculus at the local community college would have content more similar to Columbia Math 1101/1102 or Harvard Math 1a/1b (or AP calculus in high school).

Columbia Math 1207/1208 or Harvard Math 25a/25b or 55a/55b would be more advanced courses taken after the student has completed calculus. They also happen to be honors courses of that content, as opposed to regular courses like Columbia Math 1201/1202 or Harvard Math 21a/21b or similar regular math courses at other colleges (multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations).