Hey, I’ve got an unusual education and I’m trying to figure out what I need to put as my qualifications.
My high school offers no AP classes. We do have occasional dual enrollment classes taught at our school through UConn, and I took two of those in my sophomore year. We also have honors classes. I am going to graduate with honors in Math, but that just means I took a few electives, so I don’t know if that affects the qualification. Even though I haven’t taken the AP classes, I plan on taking a whole bunch of AP tests at the end of my senior year. I am also taking classes at Wesleyan University, one class per semester since my junior year.
So what does that translate to? Do I just say I have a high school diploma, or is that not even what qualification means? Can I list APs as a qualification if I haven’t taken the class? Since I’m not getting a diploma of any sort at Wesleyan, can I still say I’m getting qualifications from there? If I can’t list my Wesleyan classes as a qualification, what’s the best way to make them stand out on my application?
Thank you, I’m just kinda lost trying to understand this new system.
Classes taken as Dual Enrollment / that count towards your HS degree do not count as university qualifications- even if they would if you took them as an enrolled student.
UK universities will not be in the least interested that you took a class at Wesleyan per se, but (from your other post) as the classes you took there clearly link to the subject that you are applying to study, you can reference it in your Personal Statement as part of your interest and ability in the subject. Your math teacher at Wesleyan would be a good person to write your rec, as they can speak directly to your math aptitude, the uniqueness of a HS student taking those classes, etc.
The qualifications that will be relevant are your HS diploma and your AP test scores. They won’t mind whether or not you have taken a class, but you will have to give ‘predicted’ scores, and those predictions can be part of your offer, so be sure that they are achievable.
Put down the APs as upcoming; if you get an offer it will be conditional on getting certain scores. Will your teachers be willing to predict scores in the AP exam, as you haven’t been following an AP curriculum?
I read that some universities actually accept classes taken in community college and 4-year Universities. However I’ve never seen it done in practice.
If I were you, I’d list all the course-relevant classes taken at the cc and at Wesleyan in an email, indicating clearly where they were taken, and ask whether they would count as qualifications.
All in all I agree with the other posters, you want some SAT subject test scores from November or December + list the APs you’ll take in May.
@MYOS1634, I believe that’s if they are taken as enrolled students, after completion of secondary school. I know of a couple of UK unis who (when asked) were explicit about this.
Yeh, British schools are mostly interested in subject tests, so take some SAT IIs, and you can get a conditional offer based on the AP exams at the end of the senior year. That is what British students get, as they haven’t yet taken their A-levels.
careful, @sattut: not all British unis accept subject tests. But, yes, @Broses, many do, and it would help your app to have some scores when you apply- and if you have enough relevant ones some unis could give you an unconditional offer straight up.