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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll take a gander - because you are succeeding in a college course.  Most of College is really an executive function test and I would think if you show maturity in high school this would reflect well upon your college career.  Also there is a financial incentive.  If you go to MoCo community college, for instance, UMD HAS to accept your c.c. Credits - so you are ‘ahead’ of the game and can graduate a little earlier.  UMD College Park is Harvard for most middle class kids...

What I don’t get is why most kids just don’t sit the GED in 10th grade (if they want to graduate early) and just enter Community College in the junior year of high school.  That makes more sense than getting one credit free a semester while in high school.[/quote]

Many of the DE courses do receive credit. DE courses cost less than courses at a 4-year college and less than if you were attending the CC as a student, so there is a cost savings. Another benefit is that being granted credit for successful completion of CC courses does not depend on a single AP exam. If you aren't the best test taker, your work throughout the semester is reflected better in your college grade than perhaps it would be in an AP exam.

DE classes also prepare students for the way college works, with less lecture, less hand holding, and more material covered on your own.[/quote]

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