How much college credit did you have upon graduating high school?

[Anonymous]

And what was your status upon entering college?

[Anonymous]

None

[Anonymous]

None. AP courses weren’t a thing at my HS in the early 90s.

[Anonymous]

17 credits. I was a first year, but got most of the classes I wanted.

[Anonymous]

8 credits in US History
4 credits in English
3 credits in FL (and FL requirement satisfied)

Engineering, so did not impact class standing.

(Calculus was not available at my HS, and no dual-enrollment option existed.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what was your status upon entering college?

In 1992, I had 0.
In 2021, DD had 15.

[Anonymous]

1978 - 12. Six in math and six in sociology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what was your status upon entering college?

Depends on the college. Many upper tier and private colleges do not accept DE credits. My daughter learned this when she was accepted to a top 15 private.

[Anonymous]

Zero. I didn’t need any because I was going to college.

[Anonymous]

Zero. The gatekeeping on AP classes in MCPS was insane back in the day. Because I moved to MCPS as a freshman, they just assumed I couldn't possibly be smart enough to be on the eventual AP track (very few juniors and select seniors only were allowed AP). No dual enrollment back then, IB was at Richard Montgomery only (and by competitive admission only!), nada, nothing.

Now HS freshmen are taking AP classes. I still struggle to wrap my head around that change.

[Anonymous]

Is community college considered a college? My kid had 30. Saved so much money. He is using the extra time to work.

[Anonymous]

Graduated MCPS in 1990. Entered college with 30 DE.

[Anonymous]

3 credits/ one AP classes Our school only offered 3 AP classes.
What’s wild to me is that my 8th grader will leave middle school with 6 high school classes completed and potentially leave high school with an associate’s degree.

[Anonymous]

I don't remember any of this and I don't understand how anyone does.

[Anonymous]

Mid-1990s: 27 hours, but the college only took AP exams on which I scored 4+. Self studied for two of them, the others -- well, it was a ginormous public school in Northern Virginia, so there were a lot on tap.