Do colleges take a serious look at PLTW courses?
Sep 29, 2021 · I’m taking PLTW Design and Drafting and my teacher is kind of notorious for giving out bad grades on a whim and long story short I’m already borderline passing third week in lol. I’m on my …
Project Lead the Way vs other APs - College Confidential Forums
May 23, 2018 · PLTW listed College Partner that recognize PLTW as college credit courses by state. But the list is still narrowed. Only 4 in Illinois, 2 in Michigan, 2 in Ohio and 1 in Penn. And RIT is the …
Online AP Comp Science vs. In-Person PLTW Computer Science …
May 4, 2019 · The online course is AP Comp Sci A which I understand teaches Java. (Though AP Comp Sci Principles is also avail online – but it’s very similar to the PLTW Computer Principles so no …
Is PLTW BioMed good? - College Confidential Forums
Feb 5, 2020 · Hi everyone, my school offers a series of PLTW courses, including BioMed, so I take it. However, I totally hate that class but my counselor says that it would look good on college …
AP classes or PLTW? - College Confidential Forums
Sep 2, 2018 · Hello, im stuck on a situation. My school offers this really good pathway for biomedical science and you get hands on experience to working in a hospital. But, the problem is, I don’t have …
PLTW (digital electronics) vs AP (enviromental science)
May 28, 2017 · I have a slot in my HS schedule for either APES or PLTW digital electronics. I want to do chemical engineering, so I think they’re equally somewhat, but not really relevant to the career I …
Are PLTW Classes Weighted? - College Confidential Forums
Aug 27, 2018 · Im going to be in PLTW Biomedical Science for this year coming up and I was wondering what is the rigor of this class and is the class weighted like APs are? Or less or even not at all (even …
Weighted GPA For PLTW Courses - College Confidential Forums
Jun 4, 2018 · Does anyone know how colleges (Ivies et al) consider Project Lead The Way (PLTW) courses when calculating one’s weighted GPA? We get college credit for the courses we take (for my …
Anyone with experince with the "Project Lead the Way" hs pre ...
Jun 23, 2016 · I am virtually positive that my son’s participation in PLTW for his four years of high school directly led to his admission to his highly competitive engineering program. It gave him a place to …
Project Lead the Way Courses - College Confidential Forums
Jan 27, 2015 · Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how do colleges look at PLTW Courses (for 4 years) on your transcript? According to my school, it is one of the leading providers of STEM education, but …