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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the point of even offering DE if colleges don’t look at it the same? Especially if those same colleges accept community college transfer students? How is that any different?[/quote]

Probably for the kids from schools with very limited AP course offerings?[/quote]

yes. DE is only ok when there is no AP equivalent. 
Top colleges that accept CC transfers do it to get help expand diversity on campus because CC transfers are higher likely to be: very rural or very urban, URM without specifically looking at URM, FGLI, veterans. 
For anyone applying from above average to top publics or privates that offer AP, DE is a big mistake. Our kid's public magnet pointedly steers the middle of the pack students to DE calc instead of AP. The DE track never gets in to UVA and most do not get into VT. In state. [/quote]

Our FCPS HS counselors tell all the students DE and AP are considered equivalent by colleges. Why do they lie? [/quote]
This may well be true for mid-tier or lower-ranking colleges.[/quote]

It also depends on the student and their goals. If you are trying to go to JMU and you aren’t likely to get a 4/5 on the AP exam anyway, you will have a lot more credits going into college with the DE program. Older parents tried to push us into the DE track saying “oh my kid started JMU with 30 credits!” but in terms of rigor it was quite clear to us the kids going to top schools took AP.[/quote]

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