AP Credit - Admission/Interview offer problem?

[tmacreborn28]

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I'm applying this cycle. I APed out of Gen Chem and have only taken Physical Chemistry (pchem) lecture as far as inorganic chem goes. I want to apply to a few dental schools (NYU, Tufts, USC, etc) that don't accept AP for prereqs. I have already graduated, and I am currently working. If I put gen chem as a "planned course" for winter semester (January 2016), would it hinder my chance of being extended a pre-jan admission offer/ interview? I scored 21 on GC, 22 TS, 3.3 GPA, 100+ hours of shadowing, decent/average ECs. Thanks for your advice🙂

*First time posting, boyfriend let me use his account to post since I don't have one.

 

[I want to go to there]

I didn't have problem, but I took many higher lvl courses in the field I got AP credits in.

 

[ajj70]

It shouldn't hinder your chances of getting accepted now, however, if you don't actually take the classes, they will rescind your acceptance. Can you take the class fall semester vs winter though?

 

[joiedevivre86]

I would bring it up in interviews and tell them the situation. Hopefully they will be reasonable. I think it's stupid for you to have to take a semester of gen chem just to check a box like that. I would tell them you have it as a planned course in case you absolutely have to take it, but you've already demonstrated success in inorganic and is it possible to count your APs/DAT instead.

 

[DodobirdFiance]

For tufts, if you have two semesters of ochem with labs, they will count that towards the upper level for gen chem. I called and asked.
For NYU, do you have any biochem with lab or pchem with lab? If you do, they will accept that as upper level for gen chem.

 

[tmacreborn28]

Thanks for your responses! These are some of my top choices for dental schools, so I would definitely take gen chem lecture and lab if I knew I was going to get an offer. I wanted to put it off until winter semester because I'm currently working 8-5pm and most of the 4-year colleges around me don't offer evening courses. I feel like taking it at a CC or online would generate another problem, instead of alleviate it. Further, I don't really want to spend $2000 - $3000 to take gen chem lecture/lab if they weren't going to admit me anyways. I really hope they won't think I'm avoiding gen chem and not offer me an interview or admissions because of it or at least until I take it.

@DodobirdFiance thanks for your response! I've taken two semester of ochem w/ labs, but only biochem lecture and pchem lecture. I did do honors pchem.. not sure if that would help. Would I still have to take an inorganic chem lab then for NYU?

I will probably call these schools to clarify my situation 🙂

 

[I want to go to there]

Thanks for your responses! These are some of my top choices for dental schools, so I would definitely take gen chem lecture and lab if I knew I was going to get an offer. I wanted to put it off until winter semester because I'm currently working 8-5pm and most of the 4-year colleges around me don't offer evening courses. I feel like taking it at a CC or online would generate another problem, instead of alleviate it. Further, I don't really want to spend $2000 - $3000 to take gen chem lecture/lab if they weren't going to admit me anyways. I really hope they won't think I'm avoiding gen chem and not offer me an interview or admissions because of it or at least until I take it.

@DodobirdFiance thanks for your response! I've taken two semester of ochem w/ labs, but only biochem lecture and pchem lecture. I did do honors pchem.. not sure if that would help. Would I still have to take an inorganic chem lab then for NYU?

I will probably call these schools to clarify my situation 🙂

I got interviews at both NYU and USC with AP credit, so I think you will be fine if you took higher chem courses. Anyway, email schools so you have something in writing in case they try to say something different later.

 

[DodobirdFiance]

Thanks for your responses! These are some of my top choices for dental schools, so I would definitely take gen chem lecture and lab if I knew I was going to get an offer. I wanted to put it off until winter semester because I'm currently working 8-5pm and most of the 4-year colleges around me don't offer evening courses. I feel like taking it at a CC or online would generate another problem, instead of alleviate it. Further, I don't really want to spend $2000 - $3000 to take gen chem lecture/lab if they weren't going to admit me anyways. I really hope they won't think I'm avoiding gen chem and not offer me an interview or admissions because of it or at least until I take it.

@DodobirdFiance thanks for your response! I've taken two semester of ochem w/ labs, but only biochem lecture and pchem lecture. I did do honors pchem.. not sure if that would help. Would I still have to take an inorganic chem lab then for NYU?

I will probably call these schools to clarify my situation 🙂

For Tufts, that should be fine. I am unsure about the lectures without labs, though. They all want lectures with labs..
I called about 15 schools to make sure if I can apply with my classes (I already graduated this year).