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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking two years of math at the community college is not remotely worth the rigamarole. The commuting alone is a huge time suck and will inhibit time spent on ECs. And selective colleges do not regard community college classes nearly as highly as AP classes.

I have two kids at T20s. One finished high school with Calculus BC; the other with Multivariable. It's enough - even for STEM majors.[/quote]

This makes no sense.  If the kid is taking AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC at his high school, and diff and linear equations at the cc, why does it matter that selective colleges don't regard cc colleges as high?  There are no AP diff or AP linear algebra classes.[/quote]

DP. You're right the student would have the credit and pre-req if they complete at a community college. But I agree with the previous poster, college admissions are not looking for this and won't reward it. Also in many cases CC are online and don't require much rigamarole. But that means at best pre-recorded lectures, and all assessments and homework are just online packages the school has purchased. That's fine if the goal is credit, but worthless if looking to develop understanding further.[/quote]

The course quality may vary at community colleges, it’s possible online classes are weaker than in person etc. At the same time the quality of the teachers at CC is net superiors to those in high school, having at least a master degree if not a PhD.

If community college classes can get you credit at UC Berkeley, calling them worthless is just misguided. They would at least reward them some with credit, but of course coursework is not everything for college admissions, you must have other things.

To the OP, yes it will have a benefit, its size will depend on the school and major. Once you pass a threshold for most rigorous coursework, it probably doesn’t matter that much particularly for very top universities and you’d have to focus on other things like extracurriculars, writing some good essays etc.[/quote]

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