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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, GMU offers dual enrollment courses.  They might have better instruction. Check ratemyprofessor.com before signing on.  NVCC uses some terrible adjuncts.[/quote]

[b]Thanks.  Already tried GMU.[/b]  Their summer classes start too early.  Only one section of College Chem 1.  And it starts in early May.  Not possible.  I actually suggested a class that involves humanities gen ed type of requirements.   DC would rather take Chem than Greek mythology, or work at Chik FilA or RecPac or whatever.[/quote]

Sorry about that.  My DD was a full-time GMu students.  We looked into the summer program for a sibling because it was such a positive experience for her.  I attended some of her summer classes with her (special needs).

Another DC did exactly what your son wants to do but pulled a dreadful professor at NVCC.  Truly dreadful.  She was teaching three different chem courses at three different NVCCs at the same time and simply did not care enough to try and teach. She had no idea what she was teaching. She kept cancelling labs (because she was teaching elsewhere). All the students were confused.  We ended up hiring our DC's private school's chem teacher as a tutor because the NVCC prof didn't even care enough to properly mark tests - and the private chem teacher showed DC where the prof was wrong.  And DC went back in and challenged the grading - over and over.  It was a disaster but DC pulled through because he wanted to - and ended up with an A - but he had to fight for it.  Ever since then I've thought twice about advising other parents to do the NVCC guaranteed transfer program.  Anyhow, two weeks in we read the "Ratemyprofessor" and it exactly reflected our experience.  I wish at that time we had done the GMU program.  good luck.  Drive to another NVCC to get a prof with a good RateMyProfessor rating.  It was a miserable experience.[/quote]
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OP here.  Do you happen to remember the name of the prof?  Did the last name start with "Mo"?  (First name starts with "F")?[/quote][/b]

I don't remember but I'll email DC.[/quote]

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