Originally Posted by deacongirl
I agree with you re: class rank and college applications. But for me, AP classes with bright same-age peers were for more interesting and engaging than classes I took at community colleges, which were of the type that made me want to stab myself with a pencil. I think that the AP classes will be appropriately challenging and stimulating for my daughter in a way that I do not believe community college classes would be.

We had the opposite experience with our eldest DS. By taking college classes in community college, he was finally surrounded by more mature (relative I realize) people he was more comfortable with being around. The variety of classes offered at the community college obviously far exceeded the AP class listings as well so he could focus on his particular interests rather than having them being so limited by AP.