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SENIORS - What kind of academics did you do outside of HS?

This is an anonymous poll for the purpose of sharing with all the younger CV members as well as learning who are typical CV participants. For the sake of getting an accurate read, please participate. "No one will ever know!"

 
I took online College/University classes for credit
28%
 
I took Dual Enrollement classes at my community college
28%
 
I took certificate courses through MOOCs like eDx and Coursera
19%
 
I self-studied college level material at home, like APs
23%
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3 years ago

What if you did all of these lmao

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3 years ago

Or none?

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🎤3 years ago

Then pick the one you did most. Polls on C.V. are limited to only 4 slots so it's hard to capture all the possibilities.

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🎤3 years ago

It appears the CV members are rather agnostic as to how one supplements course rigor. There is no clear winner here. It just appears that doing DE classes is perhaps the most convenient.

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