Early College (EC) program

[Anonymous]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/partnerships/dual-enrollment.aspx

[Anonymous]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/partnerships/dual-enrollment-faqs.aspx

[Anonymous]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17AjPWJio1lLRmWwhCCyP8iAP0NsFfaIPceqtxkl426s/edit

[Anonymous]

Students are responsible for providing their own transportation; however, as Montgomery College (MC) students, they may utilize both the RideOn bus service and the MC bus service using their MC college id cards during the semester in which they are enrolled at MC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Students are responsible for providing their own transportation; however, as Montgomery College (MC) students, they may utilize both the RideOn bus service and the MC bus service using their MC college id cards during the semester in which they are enrolled at MC.

This was from the FAQ in the link above.

[Anonymous]

How much does it cost

[Anonymous]

Do you pay by credit? What is the "reduced rate"?

[Anonymous]

The full AA degree through Montgomery College is available @ Northwood High School through their Montgomery College Middle College (MC2) program. They just graduated the first class of 5 students, with 4 receiving attending UMD. They have many more students in the pipeline and if Open House attendance is any indication, they will have a robust program for years to come. They've also expanded the program beyond the DCC and have 30+ slots available to kids outside of the consortium. Here's the link to the overall program: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/northwoodhs/departments/middlecollege/index.aspx

[Anonymous]

My family will be attending the information session tomorrow night at the Rockville MC campus.

My understanding is that this is a version of dual enrollment. The students take all their courses at Montgomery College and receive both credits toward high school graduation AND credit toward an associates degree at the same time.

To the poster who asked why a kid would want to do this, the reason we are considering it is that most of the courses offered at our son's high school are not challenging enough. He is in two AP courses this year (AP Calculus and AP Comp Sci Principles) and doing well in both. The AP Calc class is really the only one that feels the right balance of challenging and interesting for him this year. Chemistry, English, History.. even the AP Comp Sci Principles courses are all very easy/boring to him.

We are looking at the Math concentration offered at Rockville's campus: https://catalog.montgomerycollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=2303&returnto=1840
This shows recommended courses: https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/partnerships/Dual_Enrollment/Science%E2%80%93Mathematics%20Track%20AS%20-%2003.15.2018%20.pdf

I had not realized this was the first year that this was being offered across the county. I would love to find students who have already participated in something like this at MC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family will be attending the information session tomorrow night at the Rockville MC campus.

My understanding is that this is a version of dual enrollment. The students take all their courses at Montgomery College and receive both credits toward high school graduation AND credit toward an associates degree at the same time.

To the poster who asked why a kid would want to do this, the reason we are considering it is that most of the courses offered at our son's high school are not challenging enough. He is in two AP courses this year (AP Calculus and AP Comp Sci Principles) and doing well in both. The AP Calc class is really the only one that feels the right balance of challenging and interesting for him this year. Chemistry, English, History.. even the AP Comp Sci Principles courses are all very easy/boring to him.

We are looking at the Math concentration offered at Rockville's campus: https://catalog.montgomerycollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=2303&returnto=1840
This shows recommended courses: https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/partnerships/Dual_Enrollment/Science%E2%80%93Mathematics%20Track%20AS%20-%2003.15.2018%20.pdf

I had not realized this was the first year that this was being offered across the county. I would love to find students who have already participated in something like this at MC.

And you think a comminity college English class will be more challenging than AP English?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family will be attending the information session tomorrow night at the Rockville MC campus.

My understanding is that this is a version of dual enrollment. The students take all their courses at Montgomery College and receive both credits toward high school graduation AND credit toward an associates degree at the same time.

To the poster who asked why a kid would want to do this, the reason we are considering it is that most of the courses offered at our son's high school are not challenging enough. He is in two AP courses this year (AP Calculus and AP Comp Sci Principles) and doing well in both. The AP Calc class is really the only one that feels the right balance of challenging and interesting for him this year. Chemistry, English, History.. even the AP Comp Sci Principles courses are all very easy/boring to him.

We are looking at the Math concentration offered at Rockville's campus: https://catalog.montgomerycollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=2303&returnto=1840
This shows recommended courses: https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/partnerships/Dual_Enrollment/Science%E2%80%93Mathematics%20Track%20AS%20-%2003.15.2018%20.pdf

I had not realized this was the first year that this was being offered across the county. I would love to find students who have already participated in something like this at MC.

And you think a comminity college English class will be more challenging than AP English?

Is your son taking AP Calculus as a sophomore and doing well? That's fantastic! AP Comp Science Principles, on the other hand, is widely considered to be very easy. I would find out what the hardest classes in your school are, probably AP Chem, AP Bio, and APUSH.

[Anonymous]

Would the 30 students from outside the DCC go to Northwood for their freshmen and sophomore years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would the 30 students from outside the DCC go to Northwood for their freshmen and sophomore years?

Yes. The first MC class is in sophomore year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family will be attending the information session tomorrow night at the Rockville MC campus.

My understanding is that this is a version of dual enrollment. The students take all their courses at Montgomery College and receive both credits toward high school graduation AND credit toward an associates degree at the same time.

To the poster who asked why a kid would want to do this, the reason we are considering it is that most of the courses offered at our son's high school are not challenging enough. He is in two AP courses this year (AP Calculus and AP Comp Sci Principles) and doing well in both. The AP Calc class is really the only one that feels the right balance of challenging and interesting for him this year. Chemistry, English, History.. even the AP Comp Sci Principles courses are all very easy/boring to him.

We are looking at the Math concentration offered at Rockville's campus: https://catalog.montgomerycollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=2303&returnto=1840
This shows recommended courses: https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/partnerships/Dual_Enrollment/Science%E2%80%93Mathematics%20Track%20AS%20-%2003.15.2018%20.pdf

I had not realized this was the first year that this was being offered across the county. I would love to find students who have already participated in something like this at MC.

And you think a comminity college English class will be more challenging than AP English?

I have not taken English at Montgomery College but I've taken a few 100 level classes and for the most part they were filled with people whose written and spoken English would not have passed muster with my 9th grade english teacher, let alone my AP teacher. I generally found 100 level classes to be a joke at MC. No way would i encourage my kid to take low level classes there for the "challenge".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family will be attending the information session tomorrow night at the Rockville MC campus.

My understanding is that this is a version of dual enrollment. The students take all their courses at Montgomery College and receive both credits toward high school graduation AND credit toward an associates degree at the same time.

To the poster who asked why a kid would want to do this, the reason we are considering it is that most of the courses offered at our son's high school are not challenging enough. He is in two AP courses this year (AP Calculus and AP Comp Sci Principles) and doing well in both. The AP Calc class is really the only one that feels the right balance of challenging and interesting for him this year. Chemistry, English, History.. even the AP Comp Sci Principles courses are all very easy/boring to him.

We are looking at the Math concentration offered at Rockville's campus: https://catalog.montgomerycollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=2303&returnto=1840
This shows recommended courses: https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/partnerships/Dual_Enrollment/Science%E2%80%93Mathematics%20Track%20AS%20-%2003.15.2018%20.pdf

I had not realized this was the first year that this was being offered across the county. I would love to find students who have already participated in something like this at MC.

And you think a comminity college English class will be more challenging than AP English?

I have not taken English at Montgomery College but I've taken a few 100 level classes and for the most part they were filled with people whose written and spoken English would not have passed muster with my 9th grade english teacher, let alone my AP teacher. I generally found 100 level classes to be a joke at MC. No way would i encourage my kid to take low level classes there for the "challenge".

Exactly. I teach AP courses for homeschoolers and have had numerous students enrolled in both. To a person, they tell me that their MC courses are easier.