Using Old AP Scores

[mehc012]

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So, I know that AP scores cannot be used in calculating your uGPA unless they were accepted and assigned credit on the transcript at one of your schools.

My undergraduate did not accept AP credits, though they did allow me to skip those courses and take the upper-levels.

However, I am currently attempting a DIY post-bacc, both due to missing prerequisites and for gpa repair, and the course selections are rather limited. Because I skipped and took mainly upper-level sciences (the area which CCs and extension schools tend to have fewer options in anyway), the majority of the courses left which do not overlap with my undergraduate transcript are...the ones I took in highschool...and this school accepts AP credits. Honestly, I would rather not repeat those classes, and besides, this would help me save both time and money.

My question is: would it be terrible to request credit for my APs now that I'm taking classes at a school which accepts them? Would they honor it if I'm not degree-seeking?
This would have a HUGE impact: I took 10AP courses my junior and senior years of HS, and received 5s in all 10 of them. That would add ~30 4.0 credits to my transcript, 12 of them under the BCPM heading. It would also fulfill any Calculus requirements, which I'm currently lacking, as I felt no need to take Multivariable once I got to school.

I know it wouldn't add to my upward trend, and that I'd still need to do a decent amount of work to demonstrate that I had improved my time management and could pull off a 4.0 postbacc load, but it would still be nice to receive credits which I've already earned, and to raise the ceiling for which GPA it is possible to achieve through any amount of repair work.

Thoughts?

 

[Captain Sisko]

So, I know that AP scores cannot be used in calculating your uGPA unless they were accepted and assigned credit on the transcript at one of your schools.

My undergraduate did not accept AP credits, though they did allow me to skip those courses and take the upper-levels.

However, I am currently attempting a DIY post-bacc, both due to missing prerequisites and for gpa repair, and the course selections are rather limited. Because I skipped and took mainly upper-level sciences (the area which CCs and extension schools tend to have fewer options in anyway), the majority of the courses left which do not overlap with my undergraduate transcript are...the ones I took in highschool...and this school accepts AP credits. Honestly, I would rather not repeat those classes, and besides, this would help me save both time and money.

My question is: would it be terrible to request credit for my APs now that I'm taking classes at a school which accepts them? Would they honor it if I'm not degree-seeking?
This would have a HUGE impact: I took 10AP courses my junior and senior years of HS, and received 5s in all 10 of them. That would add ~30 4.0 credits to my transcript, 12 of them under the BCPM heading. It would also fulfill any Calculus requirements, which I'm currently lacking, as I felt no need to take Multivariable once I got to school.

I know it wouldn't add to my upward trend, and that I'd still need to do a decent amount of work to demonstrate that I had improved my time management and could pull off a 4.0 postbacc load, but it would still be nice to receive credits which I've already earned, and to raise the ceiling for which GPA it is possible to achieve through any amount of repair work.

Thoughts?

Ok so I'm going through this process and I've some insight.

First. Ap credits do not contribute to gpa at any school that I'm aware of. You may have heard of some, but my impression from the four schools that I've attended is that while credit is given, they are unscored credits that do not count towards your gpa.

That being said, you can apply old ap coursework to a postbac school. I did this with my DIY pb where I was given a lot of credit, in fact more than my original undergrad. according to the amcas instruction manual, and I've checked, you can count your ap only if it was accepted by a school you attended, but if you attended several schools you can split it up so you get the most credit possible. for example, my ug gave me credit for bio 1, but my pb said my ap was worth bio 1&2. So what I'm doing is ignoring it from my ug transcript but counting it from my pb transcript.

aword of caution though, a lot of schools have requirements or caveats to their requirements regarding ap credit. some are on the amount, others on specific courses. others say you need higher level work from the same department.

Hope that helps.

edit. I'll also add that mine were really old. so old thatihad to send the college boardawritten request to send my scores to my pb school. accepted them no problem.

sorry about the formatting. my phone is freaking out today for some reason.

 

[mehc012]

Thank you...that was very helpful!

I'm not at all concerned about actually getting credit at the school for the courses; I just want them to show up on the transcript so that they would show on the AMCAS. I plan on getting a 4.0 in this postbacc anyway, so it shouldn't change anything there I'm only taking classes because I'm missing 2 prereqs and am in need of some gpa repair (currently sitting at a 3.2). I was hoping the APs could help cut down the repair time, but I guess there really is no magic bullet!

It would suck if they don't contribute to any GPA; since that seems to be the case it may not be worth the effort. Still, the way I see it, adding 10 As to the list isn't going to hurt anything, even if it doesn't really help!

 

[mehc012]

And in that case, if they don't affect the gpa, what does happen if AP courses go on the AMCAS app?

 

[NuttyEngDude]

And in that case, if they don't affect the gpa, what does happen if AP courses go on the AMCAS app?

It doesnt get counted as a grade. It just shows up as supplementary course. Check page bottom of 7 here:

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/182162/data/amcas_instruction_manual.pdf

Courses with the AMCAS grades listed below are not included in the GPA calculations. Instead, the total hours for each of these categories are reported to medical schools under the heading Supplementary Hours.

o Pass/Fail - Pass
o Pass/Fail - Fail
o Advanced Placement (AP) Credit
o College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Credit​

As Captain Sisko has said, schools generally do not give you grades for AP work. I have AP credit from the stone age and may end up taking the class anyways for two reasons, I want the GPA boost and I want the second degree. I'm so close now I may as well 😉

 

[mehc012]

It doesnt get counted as a grade. It just shows up as supplementary course. Check page bottom of 7 here:

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/182162/data/amcas_instruction_manual.pdf



As Captain Sisko has said, schools generally do not give you grades for AP work. I have AP credit from the stone age and may end up taking the class anyways for two reasons, I want the GPA boost and I want the second degree. I'm so close now I may as well 😉

Ah, damn. Yeah, there's no way I'm retaking those...it would be pretty hard for me to explain/justify taking Bio 101, intro Chem, etc. after being a double major in the two just last year!

Now to find more classes to take...