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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends what your kid is seeking. If it is acceleration/peer group for a highly abled kid, I've been told that taking the most rigorous classes in H.S. is the better way to achieve this. If it is college credit, finishing college sooner, or being more independent than a typical H.S.er, then classes at MC is the better approach. [/quote]

This sounds like a reasonable summation.  [/quote]
But specifically for Early College students, they are with a cohort of high achieving students, not just taking a handful of random classes with the general MC population.

AP Language is equivalent to English 101
AP Calculus is equivalent to Calculus 101 (or whatever the actual course code is)

I wouldn’t say the most rigorous AP courses are actually better than the equivalent college credit class. There’s a reason some schools will take college credit classes when they won’t give credit just because you took an AP class.[/quote]

MC is definitely not providing the experience that highly able kids would get at a real college.  What is your familiarity with AP courses?[/quote]
I teach one. 🙄 Also have had kids in various HS magnets and can compare AP and IB level courses. Also work with MC professors on some projects. Your bias  is showing if you don’t think MC is a “real” college.[/quote]

Okay. I'll bite. I took a Biology course at MC as a career changer. My adjunct professor revealed that her day job was teaching the AP version of the same class at a well-respected MCPS high school. I asked her how the two courses compared and her response was that she could cover more material in her AP course.

That being said, one of my other classes had a Dual Enrollment (Early College?) student in it from Northwood. She was a standout and very mature. I think she would have done fine in a magnet or W school as well.[/quote]

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Like I said previously early college and dual enrollment are not the same.
Early college students cover a subject in a semester like regular college [b]instead of  year long for AP[/b].[/quote]

AP Bio receives credit for two college courses.[/quote]
If and only if your college accepts it. Many don't now, and many others only accept it as a prereq rather than for credit.[/quote]
MC has a transfer partnership list with many colleges, including the UMD system. Why is it so hard for people to understand and accept that MC students completing an AA or AS degree can then transfer in as juniors into UMD-CP Business school or Engineering school?[/quote]

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