<p>[Advanced</a> Placement - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/advstanding.html#AP]Advanced”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/advstanding.html#AP)</p>
<p>so on this website it says that if you have “earning 24 advanced placement units (equivalent to 8 courses) through any of the aforementioned methods are eligible to apply for advanced standing.” </p>
<p>so far i’ve gotten credit in Bio, Calc AB, English Language, US GOV, Latin Vergil, Spanish Language, US History, and World History, totalling up to 42 units. </p>
<p>Is it worth applying for advanced standing? what are the benefits and what classes should i get out of if I can, and what classes should I just retake even if I have the credit?</p>
<p>The most obvious benefit of advanced standing is that you can graduate from BC in just 3 years -- in fact, you MUST graduate in 3 years since you agree to forego a 4th year at BC when you apply for advanced standing. That means you would save an entire year of tuition, fees, room & board, etc. That's over $50,000 if you are full-pay, or something less if you're getting any scholarship/grant money. </p>
<p>But to take advantage of advanced standing, you really need to know going in exactly what you want to major in, since you only have 3 years to get all of the necessary courses in. That leaves no time to explore different options.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but you might not be eligible for Advance Standing. Of the mentioned AP courses you have taken so far, perhaps only "Bio (6 cred), Calc AB (3 cred), English Language (3 cred), [and] US GOV (maybe 6 cred)" qualify. From my unofficial tally, those classes come out to 18 credits. The reason why "Latin Vergil, Spanish Language, US History, and World History" might not qualify is because they do not fulfill the University Core Requirement. Latin and Spanish will get you out of the language requirement, but it's not part of the Core. U.S. History only works if you are a History major. World History is completely useless, yes, completely. The status of these credits are a question mark so I think you might want to inquire about them. Your chances might be higher if you are applying to A&S. For CSOM, the credits might be pretty useless, it has a different Core than A&S. For LSOE (Education) they are also pretty useless. For CSON (Nursing) they are definitely useless, you need to field work during your third year so graduating early there is pretty much impossible. </p>
<p>A) "Is it worth applying for advanced standing?"
- Depend on your individual preference, saving money or having a complete college experience.</p>
<p>B) "what are the benefits"
- $$$</p>
<p>C) "what classes should i get out of if I can,"
- Usually the language requirement, but you already got that out. </p>
<p>D) "and what classes should I just retake even if I have the credit?"
- Only the classes that are in your major (especially the science.)</p>
<p>On a sidenote, when does BC need score reports in by, I just sent mine in through rush, but found out lots of colleges need AP scores by July 15th! So, will my AP scores get to BC in time?! Or what?</p>
<p>reddune, you're awesome, thanks for the reply. im still confused tho.
if World History is useless then why on the website does it say that I get out of "2 Modern European History Core", and so on for the other classes?
should i just wait for orientation..... I'm class of 2012, A&S. i'm going to #7</p>
<p>You are right, World History AP now counts for 2 European classes (6 credits) This is a new policy change that I was not aware of. So if we redo your credits tally, we have:</p>
<p>Bio (6 cred),
Calc AB (3 cred),
English Language (3 cred),
US GOV (3 cred--for A&S and CSON only)
World History (6 cred)</p>
<p>That brings the total to 21 credits (or seven classes). You are definitely closer. You'd probably get Advance Standing if you override one or two courses during your freshman or sophomore year. There is one detriment to doing AS that I just thought of. If you do advance standing, you normally only have to take 30 classes or so within three years. With only 30 classes, your GPA might take a big hit if you get one too many B's. The fewer classes there are, the bigger share each class will have on your overall GPA. For example, if you took 30 classes and got 25 A's and 5 B's, your GPA would be about 3.833 (90 credits). Pretty Good. But if you took 38 classes, and got 33 A's and 5'B (114 credits), your GPA would be a 3.868. Now you might think that a difference of a 0.035 isn't all that much, but in reality, that might mean graduating *Summa Cum Laude<a href="highest%20honor">/i</a> or *Magna Cum Laude<a href="high%20honor">/i</a>. You can certainly get straight A's and this wouldn't be a problem. If you take your time, early mistakes won't kill you. But if you pace yourself and get good grades, then why not do it?</p>
<p>During Orientation, BC will advise you that a 4 year undergrad degree has advantages over getting your undergrad in 3 years from a job market or grad school perspective (real world). Something about age/maturity of the student at graduation. They will have similar advice about double majors, its of no real world benefit and perhaps a distraction to some employers. </p>
<p>They do mention that APing out of classes will give you opportunity to chose courses that may be more interesting. </p>
<p>Saving one year of tuition has its advantages, however.</p>