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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in CA now and my son has taken 12 dual enrollment classes and 5 AP classes. There has not been one community college class that is anywhere remotely close to the rigor of a well taught AP course or even an honors class at his upper middle class, competitive high school with the exception of a dual enrollment math class and chemistry class.

I think all colleges realize the rigor is not the same. However, public 4 year colleges love dual enrollment because kids can graduate faster and/or not have to take as many lower division units and/ir not as many units per quarter/semester. My son took 12-13 units every quarter instead of 15 freshman year at his UC.[/quote]

My experience was opposite. The rigor of AP classes is overblown in my opinion. Between AP Calculus BC and community college Calculus I and II, the latter one covered more material, but the exam was easier, both require about one hour of studying per day.

AP Physics C has the same textbook as first semester of CC calculus physics 1, but is doing about two thirds of the material. Same story for AP Physics C Electromagnetism.

The instructions are far better at community college, with at least Master or PhD degrees from UC Berkeley or other comparable universities.[/quote]

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