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Page 30 - 31 of the AMCAS application guide:My AP credits are all in one section of my transcript called "test credits". Some of them have actual course names (Intro to Psych) but some have "Electives" as their course names. They still have course numbers and categories but the course name is just electives. Should I just put "Electives" in the course name section of AMCAS for those? Or put "AP Credit: Chemistry" for example?
Advanced Placement (AP)
To claim AP credit, the credit hours must be listed on your transcript. AP courses should be entered under the term the college credit was initially granted for. If no term is designated, include the credits with freshman coursework (FR). Include AP credit courses only once (by selecting Advanced Placement as the Special Course Type), even though AP credit for the same subject may have been awarded by more than one institution. AP courses may be assigned under the institution awarding the most credit. If AP credits appear in one block on the transcript, distribute the credit appropriately among the AP exams taken.If you choose to omit your AP courses, AMCAS staff will add the credits to your application as a lump credit (even though the courses may be listed individually on the transcripts on file).
For example, the University of Southern California awarded nine credits for three AP exams. On the official transcript, the credit appears as nine credits for AP exams, with no indication of the subject of the individual exams. On your AMCAS application, enter each exam as an individual course and distribute the credits appropriately, but do not exceed the total amount of credits earned.
If the transcript from the college awarding AP credit does not list course names, enter the subject area for which credit was earned (e.g., AP Credit: English) as the Course Name.
If the following course types appear on your official transcript, they should be indicated as AP on the AMCAS application even if they are not technically Advanced Placement.
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They won’t change it to “electives” if you rename it to “AP Credit: Chemistry”I read this and watched the video. but it says if there is no course name, enter AP Credit: English. But mine has "Electives" as the course name for half the classes and actual course names for the other half. So I wasn't sure if I had to keep the exact course names on my transcript including the "electives" or give them a name like in the course guide.
I have 35 AP credits all chocked together as “Elective.”