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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]There is a difference between classes taken as a HS student in conjunction with a community college and just taking classes on your own. Once you take classes at any college outside of dual enrollment you are no longer considered a first time freshman. This can severely impact your ability to get into many four year schools. Proceed with caution.[/quote][/b]

Uttter and total bullshit. I'm the poster about the chemistry class.  DC had done well in high school chemistry (A) but knew the subject matter (SAT II) chemistry test is unforgiving and hard and that he had giiven given "baby chemistry".  So he signed up and both GMU and UVA to enroll as a[b] "nondegree candidate"[/b].  He had to pass a math test at both to be eligible for the course and his highschool had to send an OK letter and transcript to prove he could do the work.  He took a 6 to 8 week chem. class at NOVA.  He initially enjoyed it but it quickly because clear that the teacher was just phoning it in and, indeed, her ratemyprofessor scores were abysmal.  So my strong suggestion to anyone doing this is to try to pick an excellent professor.  DC is now in UVA and four other universities for fall 2016.  I'm encouraging him to take more advanced bath and a long paper writing course  at GMU  this summer.[/quote]
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So when you take these courses in college as a "nondegree candidate" and you're not getting college credit for them, do the colleges you apply to see the grade you got in them?  What if you do poorly in the course?  Can you just not tell the colleges about them? [/quote][/b]

Yes, in our school, the college Chemistry Class at NOVA went right on his transcript as well as the A he received.  It was also factored into his GPA to give him a 4.02 on a scale with a top of 4.00.  I assume the final destination college will also see the colloege course and may give him partial credit but that wasn't the reason he did it.  The AP tests are abetter vehicle for that.  As to the "do poorly" question what we did was mark the calendar - first day to drop out and get all money back - and then first day to drop out but not get money back.  So if you pick a bummer teacher you need to watch those dates in case you want to dump the class, in which case, there is nothing to tell the college.  So a win-win.  Believe it or not in my DC's chemistry class there were a lot of UVA and W&M kids who were taking the Nova course not to let it be accepted for their college chemistry requirement but because they wanted to perform well on their UVA and W&M courses so wanted a refresher so as to be familiar with a higher degree of chemistry before they returned to campus and took the actual, graded ones.[/quote]

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