Dual Enrollment GPA inflating actual undergrad GPA?

[Medico o Muerte]

So my sister is considering whether to do full time dual enrollment at a community college during high school. The dual enrollment classes are said to be easier than AP classes taken at the high school (given its a community college), and she probably won't be taking too many of her prereqs.

If say she gets a 4.0 in dual enrollment at CC and a 3.6 in undergrad, that will likely lead to a combined GPA of around 3.8. Does that put her into any advantage over someone who didn't do dual enrollment and just managed a 3.6 (or maybe 3.65) in Undergrad?

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[Catalystik]

So my sister is considering whether to do full time dual enrollment at a community college during high school. The dual enrollment classes are said to be easier than AP classes taken at the high school (given its a community college), and she probably won't be taking too many of her prereqs.

If say she gets a 4.0 in dual enrollment at CC and a 3.6 in undergrad, that will likely lead to a combined GPA of around 3.8. Does that put her into any advantage over someone who didn't do dual enrollment and just managed a 3.6 (or maybe 3.65) in Undergrad?

Yes, she would have an advantage in the scenario you provided. Of course, if she were an irresponsible teen and decided to stop attending classes she didn't like without formally dropping them, the subsequent Fs would be a disadvantage and would require some damage control.

 

[Fel Cactus Fru]

Yes, she would have an advantage in the scenario you provided. Of course, if she were an irresponsible teen and decided to stop attending classes she didn't like without formally dropping them, the subsequent Fs would be a disadvantage and would require some damage control.

For real though. My parents wouldn't even let me do dual enrollment in high school because of a family friend's kid who did some dual enrollment classes and got C's and consequently had to do a post-bacc to raise their GPA to get into medical school. He ended up not getting into the best medical school program and not matching with the specialty he wanted, so... Just make sure she get A's.

 

[Catalystik]

For real though. My parents wouldn't even let me do dual enrollment in high school because of a family friend's kid who did some dual enrollment classes and got C's and consequently had to do a post-bacc to raise their GPA to get into medical school. He ended up not getting into the best medical school program and not matching with the specialty he wanted, so... Just make sure she get A's.

Yes, be sure she gets As. It sounds like a combo of in-the-know parents and aware older sibling will be layers of protection that might help keep the worst from happening.

 

[maxi05]

To counter this, on an AMCAS GPA Grid, the HS Dual Enrollment will show up clearly as a separate line item and wide variation between that and regular college GPA will be suspect. In short, if I see someone with 30 credits of dual enrollment with a 4.0 then 90 credits at a 3.6, that is clearly a 3.6 applicant

Gonnif,
Is this the same for the vice versa situation? If you see a student with a 3.95 college gpa (freshman-senior) and 2-3 classes taken in high school that average to a B/B+ average, will the actual college gpa be seen as more representative of the student's skills then the grades received in the high school dual enrollment courses?

 

[Catalystik]

Is this the same for the vice versa situation? If you see a student with a 3.95 college gpa (freshman-senior) and 2-3 classes taken in high school that average to a B/B+ average, will the actual college gpa be seen as more representative of the student's skills then the grades received in the high school dual enrollment courses?

Yes.

 

[mdaspirant22]

does a course taken during summer at community college after senior year high school before starting freshman year at a 4 year university need to be reported under high school?

Course is not included either in high school gpa or undergrad gpa. High school gpa does have other dual enrollment classes taken at a state university. This course though was not part of dual enrollment.