Despite the heavier workload, the benefits of dual-enrollment courses outweigh the hassles, local students and administrators say.
Senior Hannah Lynch, 18, is enrolled in two advanced-placement classes at Soddy-Daisy High School.
Dual-enrollment programs are classes offered to high school students and are available at the student’s school (as in the case of advanced-placement courses) or on the campus of local colleges. Through completion of the course or after achieving a requisite score on a comprehensive exam, students gain both high school and college class credit. Most credits are transferable when the student graduates.
After taking two AP courses last year, Hannah enrolled in AP courses for calculus and English language and composition. With the combined credit she has accumulated, Hannah will enter Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., one semester ahead of most freshmen.
Getting to this point wasn’t always easy, she said.