Taking classes early and Grading Curves

bluebayou
Thu, 03 May 2012 20:30:13 +0000

if the courses taken during high wil not be on my high school transcript, will undergrad colleges give them the same weight as AP/IB courses…



For undergrad admissions, generally the answer is no for private colleges. Courses at the local community college come in all shapes and sizes, whereas AP/IB is a nationally-standardized and normed test. Moreover, highly selective privates will not even give credit for a dual enrollment course, particularly if it not taken on the college campus, unless you take the corresponding AP test.

Public unis, on the other hand, HAVE to treat a juco course similar to AP/iB. (It would political suicide to do othewise!)