<p>I was just a little bit confused about how Berkeley treats AP scores, especially for the College of L&S. Looking at this website: University</a> of California - Berkeley under the College of L&S, it only talks about AP scores satisfying certain requirements (like the Quantitative Reasoning or R&C reqs) but for other colleges it says things like certain scores earn you subject credit (for example for the College of Chemistry, 5 on Calc BC gets you credit for Math 1A and 1B). I was just wondering if the College of L&S also awards subject credit for certain classes based on AP credit. Specifically for math since I got a 5 on the Calc BC exam and am wondering if that means I can receive credit for Math 1A/1B without taking them again at Berkeley.</p>
<p>For L&S, you have to look at each individual department of the subject of the AP test and your (intended) major to see what major requirements it fulfills.</p>
<p>For AP Calculus BC, a 5 allows you to skip Math 1A and 1B and go directly to Math 53 or 54. You may want to read the following pages:</p>
<p>[Advanced</a> Placement (AP) Examinations - UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html]Advanced”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html)</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html]Choosing”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html]Choosing</a> an Appropriate First Math Course — UC Berkeley College of Engineering<a href=“includes%20sample%20Math%201A%20and%20Math%201B%20final%20exams%20to%20test%20your%20calculus%20knowledge”>/url</a></p>
<p>do we actually receive elective credit for all of the ap tests that we have passed?</p>
<p>^ Yes you do. The credits will give you a better standing for telebears (in the future).</p>
<p>Yes, you get credit units as listed here (multiply by 2/3 to get semester units, since the listing is in quarter units):</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - AP credits](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ap-credits/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ap-credits/index.html)</p>
<p>However, note that if you take a college course that duplicates AP credit, you can get credit for only one of them.</p>
<p>ok good. ucbalumnus do you know how long it usually takes to process these things because i would like to take a course that has a prerequisite of sophomore standing and i will have it with my aps. is it conceivable that i will be able to sign up 4 it?</p>
<p>Nobody stops you from signing up a course that has a prerequisite.</p>
<p>the gsi or professor might bounce you out, if they notice and care. </p>
<p>Also, for a very few courses that are in great demand and limited availability, the department offering the course may have a coordinator assigned who will scan through the registered and wait lists, bumping off people that don’t meet various criteria and taking people off the waitlist in a nonsequential manner. For example, Bio 1A and Chem 3A/3B pre-med courses have some scrutiny and do unilateral drops when they are trying to accommodate as many students as possible into the labs and classes.</p>
<p>Know the difference between class *standing<a href=“based%20on%20units%20completed,%20including%20AP%20and%20transfer%20units”>/i</a> and class *level<a href=“based%20on%20semesters%20completed%20as%20a%20full%20time%20university%20student”>/i</a> when checking course enrollment limitations and preferences.</p>
<p>[Enrollment</a> FAQs](<a href=“http://writing.berkeley.edu/courses/Cole/cw151/FAQ.html#anchor142431]Enrollment”>http://writing.berkeley.edu/courses/Cole/cw151/FAQ.html#anchor142431)</p>
<p>Pretty much any value that is available on the Personal Profile section of Bearfacts can be turned into a condition for registration or a condition that defines a category for a course whose registration is restricted by categories.</p>
<p>class standing
non-AP class standing
special registration programs (DSP, athlete, etc)
residency (never saw that used, but possible)
college
major
academic status (probation or good standing)
registered or not
units enrolled
degree candidate this semester
UC entry writing taken
AC taken
American history taken
American institutions taken
birthdate (also unlikely to be used, but possible I think)</p>
<p>also some few bits of added data like ‘new’ - first semester, ‘transfer’, and whether an advisor code is needed to register</p>
<p>What the system does NOT seem to be able to do is access your transcript or history of classes and grades. I don’t remember seeing a class pre-req enforced by telebears, it is just listed and possibly enforced by the prof/gsi/department. I have not seen the system enforce a minimum grade in a pre-req class either - someone with a D in a pre-req can still register even though the catalog listing may state that a C- or higher is mandatory.</p>
<p>Even requirements that classes must be taken simultaneously - unless you are in an exception situation where you don’t need one of them - for example Bio 1A and Bio 1AL - are not enforceable by telebears. Instead the department has a coordinator that scans, matches and drops those that don’t meet the conditions. It can’t even look at the specific classes you are already registered for, apparently. It only knows units enrolled, just enough to enforce the phase I units limits of 10.5 units max (or 12.5 for grad students). For the phase II limit, this is why the limit is that if a student has 16 units enrolled (including waitlist), they are blocked from adding additional classes. Instead of implementing a more logical maximum of units, they had to go with what is possible within the limited capabilities of telebears.</p>