<p>On Dartmouth's AP</a> Chart, it says credit granted for a 5 on AP English Literature is "To be determined in late summer."</p>
<p>Does that refer to the class of '11? If so, what did they decide "in late summer"? Will the same thing apply to 2012?</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide if it's worth taking the AP exam.</p>
<p>Kristina, my info is a little out of date - D will be a senior next year - but when she was a frosh, you got only a general credit. Dartmouth gives very little "real credit" for AP - by that I mean you get to graduate early based on AP credit in your major, I'm not sure that is even possible.</p>
<p>I'm not sure my D would have taken all her AP tests had she known the outcome, but she didn't have a choice, her high school required everyone to take the tests if you were in the class. As it was, she was an ED admit and didn't study particularly for her senior tests. Also, since it made absolutely no difference to her, she only took one of the Gov/Econ tests. Calculus backfires on her, she made a 5 on the AP test, but struggled a bit with the class at Dartmouth, after being placed up.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what is the status of the Writing 5 exemption. Every year that she has been at Dart, the school has said next year the Writing 5 exemption will be abolished, but it doesn't happen. D went straight into Freshman Seminar. That has it's advantages and disadvantages.</p>
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<p>Hi Kristina,</p>
<p>Each year the school determines what will be the criteria for getting an english 5 exemption. You will receive a first year booklet over the summer which should tell you the cut-off scores (if any) for english 5 exemption. I agree with Cangel, that for the past few years there has been talk about eliminating the english 5 exemption and to require all freshmen to take english 5. Who knows? Maybe this year is the year that everyone takes writing 5.</p>
<p>Some people take english 5 fall term, and first year seminar winter term. </p>
<p>Others take english 5 winter term and first year seminar spring term</p>
<p>Some people are exempt from english 5 and take FYS fall term</p>
<p>Others are exempt from eng 5 and take FYS winter term</p>
<p>You will also be sent a link over the summer on the Dartmouth class of 2012 website that will tell you your status. </p>
<p>In the term before they take Writing 5 , students are invited to review the sections offered and to select four in order of preference. Enrollment in one of the selected sections is highly likely. </p>
<p>The same thing happens with First year seminiar. When registering for the seminars, first-year students are invited to choose four seminars, ranked in order of preference. Enrollment in one of the selected sections is highly likely.</p>
<p>A First-Year Seminar may serve in satisfaction of specific General Education requirements, provided that the individual seminar has been approved for this purpose, and for the specific year and term, by the Committee on Instruction. Students are not eligible to participate in Off-Campus Programs until they have satisfied the First-Year Seminar requirement.</p>
<p>attaching an old thread, hopefully this will help.</p>
<p>To the the extent that Dartmouth does give "credit" (as opposed to or in addition to an "exemption") though, it really does mean credit - and it is possible to finish up early.</p>
<p>Not to hi-jack the topic (Didn't want to start another one since this is so similar), how does Dartmouth handle college credit earned while in high school?</p>
<p>see this link:
Transfer</a> Credit</p>
<p>If the AP Lit would be used to place out of Writing 5, according to a current student answering questions on th '12 facebook group,"...as of next year, there will be no placement out of the writing program as I understand it; it will also be revamped, I believe, which will make the Writing 5/First-year seminar progression different/better." I'm not sure how AP Lit would be treated in the English department. You could contact the first year office. At least I think that's the one, someone there would at least tell you who to contact if I directed you to the wrong place. Generally it seems that Dartmouth is pretty stingy about giving AP credit. My friend's sister was really bitter over all the money she wasted on AP exams, because none of it transfered.</p>
<p>cangel, I don't understand what you mean by this:</p>
<p>"Dartmouth gives very little "real credit" for AP - by that I mean you get to graduate early based on AP credit in your major, I'm not sure that is even possible."</p>
<p>That AP chart makes it seem like you can get tons of credits from APs... that doesn't translate to working toward the 35 classes needed to graduate?</p>
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<p>That's from the link Ohmadre provided above, "Requirements for the degree of."</p>
<p>When you look at the list of AP scores and whether you get credit or just advanced placement in a higher level course, you can see that one can get real credit for some scores of 4 and 5. Here's that link: </p>
<p>(Just realized it's the same link as in the OP's post.)</p>
<p>Credit is good. Not only does it let you graduate earlier or take a lighter courseload, but if you graduate earlier you can save some real bucks.</p>
<p>Absolutely true^.</p>
<p>Do a lot of people graduate early?</p>
<p>I don't think people graduate "early" as much as they take advantage of having an extra leave term (it is a big thing for them to graduate with their class and they will show up for the big show in June). </p>
<p>My D has quite a few friends who are returning for the spring term this week, while they may not have classes, they will be doing research, working, etc. One of her good friends is "finished" and is finalizing her wedding which takes place 2 weeks after graduation.</p>