AP credit in college?

[TarheelDDS]

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So...I have gotten some AP credit from previous years and I will probably get some more this year.

I am still rather clueless as to how AP credit will work in college...Is it just for placing out of classes into a higher level?

Does anything affect your GPA?

Can you take less hours in a semester???

Any explanation would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[orangeANDgreen]

So...I have gotten some AP credit from previous years and I will probably get some more this year.

I am still rather clueless as to how AP credit will work in college...Is it just for placing out of classes into a higher level?

Does anything affect your GPA?

Can you take less hours in a semester???

Any explanation would be appreciated.

Thanks.

as long as the college accepts your grade, you get ungraded credit for those classes...so if you got a 5 in chemistry, at most schools you will get credit for the lecture and lab (on your transcript instead of a grade it will say CR or something to show you just got credit...it is equivalent to taking the class pass/fail)

so this will not affect your GPA but you will get credits which count towards the amount you need to graduate (if you need 120 to graduate and come in with 15, then it is the equivalent of completing 1 semester already)...but you can't take less credit hours a semester, you still need to be a full time student. You could of course graduate early.

Other than that you get the benefits of more credits. At my school we register based on the amt of credits we have so you may get some extra priority registering compared to other freshmen and maybe some other benefits too

 

[TarheelDDS]

My credit will only be in classes that I have really enjoyed and that I want to take higher levels of in college. I think that it would be stupid not to take them again, so that is what I will probably do. The only thing that would have persuaded me otherwise is if you could get less hours a semester. But you have cleared that up for me, thanks a bunch 👍.

 

[orangeANDgreen]

My credit will only be in classes that I have really enjoyed and that I want to take higher levels of in college. I think that it would be stupid not to take them again, so that is what I will probably do. The only thing that would have persuaded me otherwise is if you could get less hours a semester. But you have cleared that up for me, thanks a bunch 👍.

no problem...if you retake then you do not get double credit...i took credit for my AP classes and ended up taking classes I normally would not have had time for...like greek and roman mythology, yoga, etc.

but if you really like them go ahead and do them again

 

[TarheelDDS]

Double credit?

Excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject.

 

[orangeANDgreen]

Double credit?

Excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject.

i just meant you don't get credit for AP and then credit again for taking it for a grade

 

[MadRadLad]

Do medical schools look down on excessive use of AP credits? I want to keep my tuition costs as low as possible. I took AP US History, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Psychology. I'd like it if i could get credit for all of them, that would save me a few grand.

 

[Ischemic]

I personally recommend not to use AP credits for any science/math courses as they'll be easy As in college. Most med schools don't really care about APs but some might. Also, it's a pain when you're filling in the AMCAS about APs and stuff so yeah....

 

[DarthBroosevelt]

Science AP classes are acknowledged by your college, but (from my experience) they will not be acknowledged by graduate schools. The reason is that colleges will accept these AP courses as 'credits' toward your major, but graduate schools want you to complete courses such as AP Chemistry and AP Biology at a four-year university rather than a high-school.

AP classes such as art, AP History, AP English, etc. are all fine and graduate schools will not worry about these. However, AP science courses will not be accepted from graduate schools and they will have to be taken again in college if you still wish to go on to graduate school from there.

 

[phathead]

Science AP classes are acknowledged by your college, but (from my experience) they will not be acknowledged by graduate schools. The reason is that colleges will accept these AP courses as 'credits' toward your major, but graduate schools want you to complete courses such as AP Chemistry and AP Biology at a four-year university rather than a high-school.

AP classes such as art, AP History, AP English, etc. are all fine and graduate schools will not worry about these. However, AP science courses will not be accepted from graduate schools and they will have to be taken again in college if you still wish to go on to graduate school from there.

Right, the majority of pharmacy schools I applied to would not allow AP science classes, namely because there is no lab component

 

[TarheelDDS]

I am pretty sure I am going to have stat and psych credit for sure...both of these classes have been enjoyable to me....I figure that it would be to my advantage to take both of them over...to both build my knowledge for the higher level classes as well as what you said, make an easy A.

 

[phathead]

I am pretty sure I am going to have stat and psych credit for sure...both of these classes have been enjoyable to me....I figure that it would be to my advantage to take both of them over...to both build my knowledge for the higher level classes as well as what you said, make an easy A.

Some schools have really specific stat requirements (i.e. they want a lab component and to cover certain topics) so I would honestly check with schools you're interested in if that kosher so you don't end up screwing yourself