<p>That a college would not transfer credit simply because that same credit was used to fulfill a high school requirement seems rather arbitrary.
Ok... E.g. Let's say I decide to opt out of the foreign language classes at my high school because they don't offer anything besides Spanish, and I already have a year of German. I take a year at UT to fulfill the two-year language requirement of my high school. So, is the German credit absolutely non-transferable? Nonsense. It's not as if taking a college course to satisfy a high school requirement degrades the course into a high school class.</p>
<p>Another vote for the UT classes.</p>
<p>I think an important point is you would be self-studying for the AP's. Besides being boring do you really want to sit night after night and just read, without the input/explanations/life that an instructor brings to the material?</p>
<p>also, AP vs college course really does depend on the college. Some people I've talked to say first year of college is like AP's. I asked my S this question and he said at his college, there was no comparison, AP's were like a joke, as someone previously mentioned.</p>
<p>Hmmm... The names of the colleges (I'm no stalker lol) and information concerning their level of academic rigor would be really helpful</p>
<p>Well, looks like I won't be taking any AP's next year! I'm glad. I have better ways to spend my time and $82.</p>
<p>High school AP courses: taught by instructors who are not even necessarily majors in the area and the criteria by which they are evaluated are how well the students do on the standardized exam.
Vs
College courses: taught by instructors who most likely have a PhD in the area and are "subject matter experts" with a passion for the area.</p>
<p>It's not an issuea at all--go for the college course. An "A" in a college course trumps an AP score any day.</p>
<p>"That a college would not transfer credit simply because that same credit was used to fulfill a high school requirement seems rather arbitrary. "</p>
<p>it doesn't degrade the class at all, its just some universities don't feel you should get credit twice, once in high schoo, and once when you transfer the credits to their program. It largley depends on the college. Stanford doesn't let you, Berkeley does</p>