<p>I am reading the footnotes on the AP credit page, and it reads as though, if I want credit for my 4 in AP Chem, I am barred from taking ANY Chemistry or Physics courses? That hardly seems right. And also, a 5 on the AB Calc exam would prevent me from taking ANY more calculus to get the credit? Or would that place you into 15200? I am confused. <a href="http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=348%5B/url%5D">http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=348</a></p>
<p>you read wrong. chem and chem ap dont mix. Physics and physics ap don't mix. Think about it, it makes sense. How could you keep the ap credit you
are awarded if you duplicate some of the content?</p>
<p>Because UofC offers so many levels in chem, math and science, no matter how well you did on the AP exams, there are courses you'd find plenty challenging. </p>
<p>Math is particularly complex, due to the interplay between the calc placement test and AP exam scores. It all becomes clear O-week.</p>
<p>Suffice to say UofC is not the type of place you'd plan to coast through in 3 years because of plentiful AP credits. The core makes that tough, and there are just too many interesting courses to choose from. Rather, AP credits are a way to gain flexibility and take challenging work earlier.</p>
<p>See this link for a better explanation: <a href="http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/pdf_07/exam-credit.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/pdf_07/exam-credit.pdf</a></p>
<p>And go to the departmental listings in the course catalog for more details on what a department recommends and allows for credit: <a href="http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/programs/index.shtml#m%5B/url%5D">http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/programs/index.shtml#m</a></p>
<p>The placement exams are key in some areas like math, even more so that the AP exam. For example, my D received credit for a whole year of Calc based on her calc exam score. that's one more quarter than her 5 on the BC calc exam would have given her.</p>