<p>...thanks for the info...but in retrospect, my point still stands...I'm pretty sure that a college is never happy about having a student graduate early...it is a money loss</p>
<p>any ideas on a cap on AP credit? I couldn't find anything on their website about it...</p>
<p>so the most I can save is 40K</p>
<p>Anonymous, I'm almost 100 percent sure that there is no cap on AP Credits.</p>
<p>Look at it this way: it's like saying: "If you're a super-genius and really motivated, you're not right for our college."</p>
<p>I couldn't find anything on harvard.edu about a cap on AP credit either, so there probably isn't one.</p>
<p>Okay, so you just thought of everything Harvard seems to be looking for: good grades, high SAT scores, lots of community service.</p>
<p>But...</p>
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<li><p>Do you really wanna do that? What if you did all that and got rejected. There is no guarantee in admission. You would probably feel stupid and really sad. </p></li>
<li><p>What would your essays be like? Essay topic one: "How I studied for 15 AP exams and received 5s. Well, I got books and read them. And made flashcards. QED. " </p></li>
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<p>And if you started a charity just to get into Harvard, I think your essays would not be as passionate as if you were doing them out of good will.</p>
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<li><p>Do something that you really want to do. Harvard can sniff out passion: that's what they want. DO NOT DO SOMETHING JUST TO GET IN COLLEGE. You will be unhappy. </p></li>
<li><p>How would you fit in socially after being a cave-man for 4 years? A lot of people on this forum HAVE accomplished stuff like that, but I would guess a lot of them are much more involved, and really enjoy what they're doing. Those are terribly lofty goals for someone who is 4 years away from applying. </p></li>
<li><p>I suggest you drink coffee, wear sweaters, play the violin, write, walk in the rain, play football, drive around at 2am, become a beekeeper, work on a cattle ranch, draw cartoons, and be a street musician. That would be a lot more fun.</p></li>
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<p>i suggest u jump off a bridge and feel how much u want to live, live everyday following ur passion. Then hopefully if u rn't dead, u'll wake up from that coma realizing tat.</p>
<p>I wish our school offered fewer AP's. We have 13, I think, and it's kinda..very hard to max it.</p>
<p>"drink coffee, wear sweaters, play the violin, write, walk in the rain, play football, drive around at 2am, become a beekeeper, work on a cattle ranch, draw cartoons, and be a street musician. That would be a lot more fun."</p>
<p>Ha, I've done everything except 1. play the violin(piano, yes)2.play football(9th grade pe, then yes)3. drive around at 2am(...)4.become a beekeeper(i did go to a bee factory in 7th grade)5. work on a cattle ranch(i've seen one)6. street musician(not sure if I'd want to embarrass myself)</p>
<p>Hey...I've done the street musician thing. It's a blast! Of course it was in San Diego (Balboa Park), and the weather was nice.</p>
<p>I don't think Harvard takes AP credits at all, that's why there isn't a cap. It's only used to give the option of Advanced Standing, and you only need a certain amount of AP points (some tests are half-year points, some are full) to achieve this.
<a href="http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/academics/adv_standing/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/academics/adv_standing/index.html</a></p>
<p>Whoops: not sure what to make of this. From the website above,
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Harvard recognizes in several ways the significant amounts of advanced work many entering students have done while in secondary school.
Harvard places all students in classes appropriate for their backgrounds. </p>
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<li><p>Students with greater achievement in a language, math, or science, for example, will be placed in more challenging classes. </p></li>
<li><p>Students may be allowed to use an AP exam score (or appropriate international credential) to meet certain requirements (foreign language, introductory departmental course, etc.). </p></li>
<li><p>Students with a full year's worth of advanced work C documented by AP exams, an IB diploma, or certain other international credentials C may be eligible to petition for Advanced Standing. The College grants four Harvard full-course credits, the equivalent of a year of study, to those students who activate Advanced Standing.
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<p>Now, you'll still have to meet Core requirements, and possibly the Sophomore Tutorial. I don't know if there's a way other than Advanced Standing to graduate early.</p>
<p>Wow, I'd LOVE to do the street musician thing some day. I'm not really good enough at the guitar right now but I'm working on it and when I'm better...maybe some day in Manhattan, just to see what it's like ;)</p>
<p>By the way, Harvard certainly does take AP credits. Only some, though, but they definitely do. I'll look for the site and edit this post when I do.</p>
<p>EDIT: <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Efdo/publications/0304/as/general.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fdo/publications/0304/as/general.htm</a></p>
<p>Music work can be interesting and fun, but just like any other job, it gets pretty old pretty quickly. :)</p>
<p>...weather (wind, snow, ice, rain, sleet, heat, glare)
...pain<a href="from%20playing%20so%20long%20at%20once!">/u</a>
...money toward instrument, transportation, music, lessons
...hunger
...negotiating payment
...crazy people
...stressed out people
...music, music, and more music
...never-ending requests
...never-ending questions
...etc.</p>
<p>vs.</p>
<p>...entertaining discussion
...spying on other peoples' private lives
...good food
...glamorous places, people, clothes
...cool people
...money
...music, music, and more music
...compliments
...etc.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Guitarman: Did you apply to Harvard?</p>
<p>Our wonderful, loveable, #3 in Siemens-Westinghouse, GuitarManARS was sadly deferred.</p>
<p>Indeed he was ;) Let's not forget girl-hunter in the list of adjectives, though!</p>
<p>You're missing the "r," Buddy. That is not allowed in our exclusive girl-hurnting club!</p>
<p>...We're getting to the Confabulation stage, I feel.</p>
<p>Oh dear God, not again :p</p>
<p>You are Day Dreaming. Albeit five million dollars that you won't even get a 4.0 this year.</p>
<p>I'm so confused. I have no idea how the majority of HSers calculate their GPA. What formula do I use for (weighted) GPA when I post on CC? My school has a somewhat messed up system.</p>
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<p>with 15 5s, you'll just be occupying space at Harvard...there probably won't be much that Harvard can teach you that you can't teach yourself</p>
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<p>I assure you that no amount of AP's could exhaust what Harvard can teach you. People with PhD's have plenty to learn at Harvard if they want to.</p>
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<p>I'm pretty sure that a college is never happy about having a student graduate early...it is a money loss</p>
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<p>No, it is not. Harvard rejects lots of wonderful transfer applicants every year. If it loses a student to early graduation, it gains space to expand the transfer class.</p>
<p>Yeah, 15 5s (which is NOT a rare thing by any stretch) does NOT mean you shouldn't go to college, anonymous. Especially at H, you won't be that far advanced with those anyway.</p>