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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DE is generally regarded as a way to inflate HS grades. They aren’t as hard or rigorous as AP classes/curriculum but they get the bump in GPA. This is because they are still taught by HS teachers (as are the AP courses but the AP courses follow a curriculum and have the accountability and measure of an exam). This is how my kids who took AP courses explained it to me. The “gen Ed” track kids boost their GPAs this way but generally lacked rigor in their transcript.

There are exceptions, I suppose, for novelty classes. But most of the “advanced” courses the selective university will want students to take from them anyway and won’t be impressed by someone taking a substandard offering in HS.

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This clearly depends in the school district.  All DCPS DE classes are actually taken at a participating college with enrolled college students.  Yes, there are some offered by UDC, but most of the kids that I know taking DE are taking those classes at GW or Georgetown.

The kids literally get "accepted" by the college (there is a very brief application one fills out...nothing like the real application), get a student ID and then register for the college class through the college system.  This process is no different than enrolled college students use to select their own classes.[/quote]

Do you mind sharing a little more info about the students taking classes at Georgetown? E.g., what high school they came from (public or private) or what courses? We were told that Georgetown does not allow high school students to take classes (except for summer.) Thanks! [/quote]

It is a special program for DCPS students (i.e., public).  I don't know if any DC private schools have their own relationship with Georgetown, but they cannot participate in the DCPS program.

The overall course availability is limited to what Georgetown is willing to offer the HS students to enroll.  I think they offer like 20 classes, with several Post-BC Calc options.  You need to have a high GPA, get a counselor recommendation and "apply" to the school...but again, this is a very short 10 minute application and I would be shocked if anyone is ever rejected (since it is generally a fairly small overall pool of students).  GW has a more extensive selection of maybe 50 classes.

Again, you enroll in actual Georgetown classes and take the class alongside current Georgetown students.  This is not a special class of only HS students.

It's annoying that many highly selective colleges will not give you credit for the class (though I imagine Georgetown would if you matriculate there), even though if you took that exact same class as a Georgetown student and transferred, they would accept the credit.[/quote]

Thanks for clarifying. We are not DCPS, so I guess our counselor wasn't wrong. It sounds like a great program![/quote]

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