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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP exams are often more rigorous than the equivalent community college classes. However, if a student picks advanced courses in dual enrollment that are not offered in their HS, that can look good. [/quote]

It seems to me there are two issues that really need to be considered separately.

The first is whether admissions officers view DE as less rigorous than AP. I don’t doubt that there are some that do. One of the challenges of DE is that it is hard to compare apples to apples because the quality of a DE class will vary by school, class, and instructor. APs are standardized.

The second issue is whether DE classes at MC for MCPS classes are easier than APs. This is where, in my personal experience, they are not. I have two HS kids, one on a DE pathway, on at a local HS taking APs. They have taken many overlapping classes. On balance, the equivalent DE classes are harder, in part because of depth, in part because the grading policy can be less student friendly at the college level (particularly true prior to the recent change in grading policy at MCPS). The thing that makes APs harder is you have one bite at a single comprehensive AP test with no way to recover if you just have an off day that day.

From an admissions standpoint, if you consider that DE classes might in reality be harder to get an A, and you also believe AOs might view them as easier, there is no advantage to taking a DE class that is available as an AP class. Particularly if you want to target admissions to top (T20) schools.[/quote]

The comparison of MC to a high school AP class is very dependent on the subject.  Your experience probably doesn't translate to humanities and English classes.[/quote]

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