Dual Credit and AP

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Jan 26, 2015
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DD has taken mostly dual credit classes (she is a HS senior). The difference between dual credit classes and AP classes is thatif you pass the class you get the college credit, with the AP classes you have to pass the AP test to get any credit. Keep in mind a couple of things: the grade you get on either the AP or in the dual credit class goes on their college transcripts. So if you get a C in the dc class that's what goes on your transcript. Also some colleges don't take some dual credit classes depending on what college the class is given by-so if the dc class is given by a university it is more likely to be accepted than if it is from a community college. My DD is headed to a NAIA school and all of her dual credits will transfer because they are all through a university.

This is how DD's school district works. Most AP classes are offered as just AP and/or DC. If you choose DC you have to pay the local University a reduced credit per hour fee and the grade you get is what's on the college transcript. Taking the class as just AP you have to pay for the test at the end of the semester and usually only a 4 or 5 earns college credits. DD's going to a NAIA out of state and cleared all her DC classes with her college Admin so we wouldn't waste money. I highly recommend it if you can. DD will start her college career with 12 credit hours and I didn't have to pay as much. Win-Win all around!
 
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Mar 20, 2014
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CatchersMom2017 - my DD did the same. The only issue with transferring her dual credit class credits was that some of the classes that she took aren't required for her major. So she will just use some of those credits for humanities or elective credits. Her college has been great - basically they told her that they will find a way to transfer all of them. Which is great since NAIA colleges are spendy!
 
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Mar 20, 2014
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I can't speak to DC, but I'm not sure that's accurate when it comes to AP. It may depend on the school (as many things seem to do), but our experience with our son is that the AP credits he earned in HS show up as a "P" for whichever class the credit applies to in college, so the grade he earned in the AP class doesn't appear anywhere. If he were to transfer, I would expect the new school would want to see the AP test score to determine if that credit would transfer to them.

I agree-all colleges are different. DD had a teammate that took 6 AP classes in HS. She got no better than a 3 on any of her AP tests so her college wouldn't give her credit for any of them even though she got A's and B's in the classes. With dual credit classes the grade you get in the class is the grade you get on your transcripts. And in our state (since we have a low rate of kids going on to college) the HS kids get almost $3k to spend on dual credit & AP tests. So IMO the dual credit classes are a better deal...
 
Jan 26, 2015
124
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NE Kansas
CatchersMom2017 - my DD did the same. The only issue with transferring her dual credit class credits was that some of the classes that she took aren't required for her major. So she will just use some of those credits for humanities or elective credits. Her college has been great - basically they told her that they will find a way to transfer all of them. Which is great since NAIA colleges are spendy!

DD tried to keep hers non specific so they should all go toward her Gen-Ed requirements. I would definitely recommend taking DC over AP. Just have your DD check to be sure it's worth it with her college of choice.
 
Jul 14, 2010
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My dd is still in remedial math. So I am not of any help

Like softball, being successful begins playing at the right level which grows our daughters as athletes - academics in our experience is kind of the same way. First DD struggled with math, so I hear WarriorMike. She took two APs in HS but only gained the knowledge but we wasted money on the exams. Our HS uses a weighted GPA system. My 2nd DD could handle the academics of the AP in a vacuum, but has a capacity issue. An A in a regular class equals a B in an Honors class, etc. Putting her in a higher stress level class puts all the other classes at risk (not to mention her softball focus :)). What I'm not sure has been said is many students take the AP class in the field they love and may be choosing in college. Colleges and Universities may count towards a Gen Ed but not to a degree major requirement. There's a lot of cost benefit to this all. We very well may be saying no to our DD2 if she wants to take them in the next few years.


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