<p>I understand that every school has a different AP policy, and I have seen them on their websites. However, what I am not always able to find is the maximum number of AP credits allowed for incoming freshmen. (I.e. WashU limits you to 15). In general, I've noticed that puclic schools allow a lot more than private schools. Please help. I am looking for maximum number of AP credits allowed for freshmen at different schools. Restrict responses to US News Top 25 national universities.</p>
<p>You can go to college web sites and figure it out yourself if there are only 25 colleges you want to figure this out for.</p>
<p>Also, credit units are only really useful if you plan to graduate in fewer than 8 semesters (or 12 quarters) or intend to take light course loads but still graduate on time. AP scores may be used for placement into more advanced courses independent of whether credit units are granted; this is often more useful to many students.</p>
<p>^^^ untrue (2nd part - only really useful) They can help a student to bypass the foreign language requirement, or pass into a higher level, bypass freshman writing, free up time for a double major or more experimentation and “fun” classes, allow a semester abroad without scrambling to graduate on time, they can allow a kid at some universities to complete master’s work while still under scholarship . . . there are many benefits to having AP credits aside from formally graduating early.</p>
<p>I was really focused on the credit limits when I was looking at schools, but in retrospect I made too big of a deal out of it. I ended up starting with 45 credits. I will graduate with ~190 credits. I thought of graduating early, and I will end up with 7.5 semesters of classes rather than 8, but graduating early dropped down my priority list once I actually started college. Having some extra credits was nice for bumping me up in my registration slot, but I don’t think that was huge. The big thing is that having a lot of requirements fulfilled coming in gave me a lot of flexibility. I was able to add a minor in an unrelated field, do an honors thesis, throw in some elective math classes, and get into upper level courses sooner (which gave me more research and co-op/internship opportunities).</p>
<p>I was in your position when I started out, but I would look less at their credit number caps and more at what they will give credit for.</p>
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<p>All of that was implied with the potential usefulness of placement into more advanced courses (perhaps I should have also written “subject credit”), even when no credit units are granted.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it seems to be a common meme among posters on these forums that all students should always repeat their AP credits. I disagree with that, but I am in the minority. (I suggest that if students will be taking a more advanced course, they should try the college’s final exam for the course that can be skipped using AP credit.)</p>