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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've not seen schools around here (DMV) encouraging this but maybe I'm just unaware of it. As I've seen it play out, a HS student finishes the minimum course requirements to graduate from HS and instead of taking 4 years of English, Social Studies, History, Math, or a foreign language or whatever, the student goes to a local community college and takes a class there, which counts for credit at the HS. There's no guarantee that the class will be accepted by the 4-yr school where the student hopes to enroll. As a result of not being on campus full time, the student misses out on most of the leadership opportunities that would normally be available senior year, like being editor of the school paper, or captain of the baseball team, or running for class president. They probably can't be in band or football or the activities that require lots of hours on campus each day. That's been the case for the students I know who have done this. They basically check out from the high school campus scene and spend lots of time driving back and forth to the community college, and needing to get a part time job to pay for the car and gas that they now "need."

Of course, if a student attends a HS that really doesn't offer more classes after junior year that would challenge them, then sure, they should take a class at the CC. In that situation, you could easily explain to the competitive colleges the reasons for that choice. Same for home school students.

Is there something I'm missing that casts dual enrollment in a better light? I see parents touting their HS children's community college credits like this is a wonderful thing and I just don't get it. How does this make a student more attractive to UVA, CUNY Hunter, and UMD, or any of the private schools?
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I know someone doing this, but it is because the family moved from a very strong school district to a very weak one.  When their child entered the new district the classes were all far too easy so they went to the CC instead.  I also knew kids that did this in my HS because they were so advanced they had maxed out on classes, but they were taking their courses at UMD.[/quote][/quote]

PS - by the above, I mean the County schools are weak.  Not just being in a weak school in a strong county.[/quote]

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