<p>ok i dont know if this has been addressed before, but does anyone know how many aps (figuring that a college will accept them if their 5s) it takes so that one can graduate college a semester or two or three early? I'm planning on getting a 4 or 5 on around 8 aps by end of highschool if that helps.</p>
<p>You have to look on their website. Some schools limit the number, I know one that does 1 semester of ap's credited for. Others like WPI gives credit just once for most humanities, but gives seperate credit for science and math ones. Some schools will give you a lot of credit and up to a year of classes. Check out the schools you want to go to, but be careful because some schools give you credit towards graduation, and others just give you placement into advanced courses.</p>
<p>You really need to check the colleges to which you may apply, since they are different. Generally, public schools will give credit for every AP course with a 3 or better. But, the privates may not even provide credit for a 5.</p>
<p>First, it depends on whether the college even has a similar class. For example, many colleges don't have a class called 'Govt', so even a 5 on the AP class earns zero class credit at that college. Second, some colleges limit the number of AP/college classes for credit to 3 or 4 (Princeton comes to mind). Third, some colleges may provide credit for fufilling a distribution requirement, but not academic class credit. Fourth, it depends on how much credit they will provide, i.e., one/two full quarters or one/two full semesters. Fifth, several APs are similar to a intro college course (Stats, Enviro, Psych et al) typically only recieve one quarter credit, whereas AP Chem might count for two quarters.</p>
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For example, many colleges don't have a class called 'Govt', so even a 5 on the AP class earns zero class credit at that college.
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Every college has an Intro to Political Science class, which corresponds to AP U.S. Government and Politics.</p>
<p>absolutely, but Poli Sci is not necessarily an equivalent class to AP Govt which is not a whole lot more than civics. I just mentioned Govt since two schools my Son considered did not recognize it. Regardless, the point still holds, even a 5 will not receive credit if the college does not deem the AP 'worthy' (however they define it). CB also offers two types of Govt, one of which is more like Poli Sci.</p>
<p>PS. According to Stanford's website, they don't offer credit for AP Govt either.</p>