<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I’m a dual enrollment student in Washington. Quick run down of my stats:</p>
<p>2090 SAT on the practice test… not quite sure what it will be in reality, but I’m guessing higher because I’ve been studying and also I took that one after working a 9 hour shift at my job :l.
3.74 GPA from 9th-now (I am guessing out of Running Start students at my high school I am easily in the top 10%, I’ll ask my counselor if they have a ranking for us DE kids).
Also, I’m a dual enrollment student because I am a sponsored skier that travels during the winter. Aka, I have a good selling point on why I am doing dual enrollment, I didn’t just take DE randomly.</p>
<p>I have always had to find a balance between my skiing and my education, so that is why I want to know if I should try to take a couple AP tests (e.g. Physics C: Mechanics, and Calc AB), without taking the AP classes.</p>
<p>Here’s the only thing- I have only self-studied Integration and related topics, so I don’t know how well I’d do on Integrals and stuff. Also my Physics class is very serious and is almost identical to the Physics I intro class at the UW, so I’m guessing my background in Mechanics is strong.</p>
<p>Basically I think I would do well (maybe a 5?) on the Physics C: Mechanics test, and I really don’t know how well I would do on the Calc AB test. Is it worth it for me to even take these tests? Or should I just focus on the SAT (I really feel that I have a 2250+ test in me) and then try to get 800’s on the subject tests in Math and Physics.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>-NWskier</p>
<p>p.s. My top college would be Univ WA because it is cheap (relatively) and with my parents savings for college would allow me to double major in something (physics and mech e eh?). I have been trying to find similar colleges that have good science departments but cheap tuition. Everywhere I look is 40k+ per year. Berkeley, Stanford, super expensive.</p>