AP classes

[yellowturtles]

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hey just wondering if many schools accepted AP credits from high school as part of pre req classes. or is it more of a school by school basis? because i have looked on websites and it often times doesn't say anything

 

[DesertPT]

In general you should assume they won't be accepted but some schools might. Are you still in high school?

 

[yellowturtles]

no not in high school. just recently applied to pt school. I have taken one semester of chem with lab and assumed that I would need to take one more to fulfill the pre req, but a couple of the schools i applied to marked that my chemistry requirement was completed. the only other chemistry class on my transcript was the AP chem i took. so i will be contacting those schools to double check!

 

[davidtheusername]

It depends on the school. From what I've seen, it seems often like core classes like Biology and Chemistry wouldn't be accepted as AP credit, but a class like English would. But you need to check with the schools because they differ.

 

[annap24]

You should contact the schools directly. But I got accepted to the University of North Georgia this year and I had AP credit for Bio 1 and 2 and Chem 1 and 2. They looked at my upper level classes like biochem, o-chem, etc. and since I did well in them they said they were fine with me having AP credit.

 

[MisplacedLondoner]

Definitely school by school. Some schools will accept AP credit if it's on your transcript, others will only accept it for certain courses, and others will only accept a 4 or 5, even if you had credit for a 3. Always email and check so you're not caught out.

 

[DesertPT]

You should contact the schools directly. But I got accepted to the University of North Georgia this year and I had AP credit for Bio 1 and 2 and Chem 1 and 2. They looked at my upper level classes like biochem, o-chem, etc. and since I did well in them they said they were fine with me having AP credit.

True, there are some schools that will substitute an upper division class for a lower division one but you will probably have to specifically call and ask them about doing that when they go to calculate your pre-req GPA (specific to their program).

 

[annap24]

True, there are some schools that will substitute an upper division class for a lower division one but you will probably have to specifically call and ask them about doing that when they go to calculate your pre-req GPA (specific to their program).

Yeah I agree that every school is different. That's why I said to contact each school directly. But they didn't use my upper levels to calculate my pre-req GPA. They just calculated it without those classes.