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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a shift to dual-enrollment for advanced math rather than AP?  Seems like it'd have better likelihood of being accepted for college credit than AP.[/quote]

Strangely enough, colleges will accept a transfer credit but won’t accept the same course taken DE…at least a bunch of selective colleges[/quote]

Can you elaborate on this?  Is this a policy at some schools or experience you've had?

I was in college years ago and kids are several years from, so I'm just trying to get a feel for what they should look for in HS or not.[/quote]

Elite colleges don't except dual credit. They require a high school diploma and then only start counting credits after that. They don't want to graduate students with less than 4 years of posr-high school education, but some will offer a 4 year "dual enrollment" Bachelors+Masters degree.

It's the same for AP as DE. [/quote]

That’s not 100% true. Even top schools (except Harvard) will award AP credit if you score a 5 on the test.  It is limited to usually just the math, sciences and languages for the most part.

So they will give you credit for a 5 on the Calc BC AP test, but you will get nothing for a DE A in the equivalent calc class.[/quote]

Not anymore. [/quote]

Considering my kid attends a top 5 school and has gotten several AP credits…I would say you are wrong.  Received Calc, CS and Physics credits.[/quote]

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