HELP - AP credit - repeat coursework?

[pandushi]

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Question 1:

So i was told if i repeat courses i took such as CHM2045 and PHY2049 that i got B's and C's in, it would look bad and get flagged by AMCAS. I was told you should avoid all red flags. Makes sense. I am returning to school years later and wanna do amazing this time.

So ok no problem.. dont repeat coursework you already took. Got it. Now i have a question and nobody seems to know the answer. I wanna raise my science gpa and am taking extra bio classes but am registered for bio1 too. (its the only prereq that i didnt take in college). I got AP credit for bio 1 BSC2010/1010 and the lab in high school but it's years later and i am back in school and want to take it since i really dont remember it and i can get an A in it and it will refresh my memory before jumping ahead into cellular bio etc.... I never took the bio 1 lecture but did get AP credit and it shows up on my transcript as having received credit for it (of course no grade towards gpa).

If i take bio 1 now for a grade WILL AMCAS FLAG MY RECORD??????? (just like amcas would flag my record if i took a class that i did get a college grade for and is on my transcript as well such as CHM2046?) 😕


Question 2:

i got AP credit for my english courses too but heard that AP credit does NOT count as a full year of freshman composition. Is this true even if on my transcript it says i received AP credit for AML2023, ENC1101,ENC1102? And if i now go back and take ENC1101 for a grade, will it cause my record to be flagged and show up on AMCAS as a repeated class?

 

[roboyce]

Just retake it. It won't be a red flag. Alot of schools (harvard, UCSF, vandy) don't accept AP Bio credit anyway...I think there are even some schools that don't take any AP credit. It's very common for people to retake classes they placed out of because, like you, they just want to make sure they are starting off on the right foot. I did this with one semester of Bio and there was no special mark on my AMCAS or anything. As long as you take some upper levels courses, which you seem to be doing, you'll be fine. As for english, I'm not as familiar with the requirements. Just check the prereqs at various schools and make sure you are setting yourself up for success. It seems to me that for most schools, if you have credit on your college transcript you're good, with the exception of bio, but like I said, it various from school to school.