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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our counselor said they were basically the same (in which case, why offer both)?

Any thoughts? Does one look better than the other on a transcript? (We don't care about getting college credit or passing the AP exam).
They both have the same 1.0 GPA bump. Is one easier than the other? [/quote]

AP courses, and specifically the AP exam, are recognized to varying degrees nationwide. This is because the curriculum and exams are created by a national body, the so-called College Board. This means, specifically, that for each university your child considers, they can go to that university's website and see what a specific AP exam grade (typically 3, 4, or 5) gets them at this university.  I give you 3 examples of schools your child may consider:

- [url=https://www.registrar.vt.edu/content/dam/registrar_vt_edu/documents/Updates/ap_ib_clep/ap-2022.pdf]Virginia Tech[/url]
- [url=https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/ap-transfer-credit/advanced-placement/]MIT[/url]
- [url=https://records.ureg.virginia.edu/content.php?catoid=61&navoid=5298#Advanced_Placement_Program]University of Virginia[/url].

As you can see, it varies. MIT gives no credit for instance, for AP-CS or Chemistry whereas it allows you to opt out of CS1 at Tech. Similarly, you need a 5 on the BC exam to get Math credit at MIT whereas at Tech you only need a 4 or 5, and even get some credit with a 3.

DE courses, on the other hand, are useful only if they can be transferred. Here again things vary by university. Every university has a transfer catalog that lists which courses can transfer and for what course at that university they can substitute.

Here, again, an example. Let's say your child wants to attend UNC (University of North Carolina) but they have DE credit from NVCC.
[url=https://tes.collegesource.com/publicview/TES_publicview01.aspx?rid=ff81c5a2-3ec7-4b31-a7fb-04e2fd5f0345&aid=ca8ebc64-42ca-4a2d-b16b-f8f68bbb6767]This web page[/url] allows you to search for an institution and look at what can be transferred.  As an example, in CS, the only course that can transfer is their CSC 221 and it counts only as COMP 101.

By contrast, due to political pressure, public universities in Virginia have agreements with community colleges to more generously accept their transfer credit. Look at the so-called [url=https://www.transfervirginia.org/]Virginia Transfer Portal[/url]. That same CSC 221 course (and others, like CSC 222 and CSC 223) may give you credit for introductory CS classes at some VA schools. (Which IMO is not a good thing since the CC classes are far below their university version.)

PS:
[quote](We don't care about getting college credit or passing the AP exam).
They both have the same 1.0 GPA bump. Is one easier than the other? 
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I'm curious why you'd care about a GPA bump if you're not interested in college. Are there other uses for high GPAs?

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