<p>I was looking at Rice's AP credit section of the website but couldn't put any of the numbers into perspective because "3 semester hours" means virtually nothing to me. How much credit is a semester hour, or how many semester hours does a normal semester Rice class give you?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>To graduate from Rice, you need 120 semester hours, with each class worth from 3 to 5 hours. So in general, if you want to graduate, you have to take about 5 classes per semester, if you have no AP credit at all. If you do have AP credit, though, you receive usually 3-4 credits for every 4 you get on the AP tests. The minimum number of classes you have to be taking to be considered a full-time student is 4 classes each semester.</p>
<p>So say you start out with 62 semester hours of AP credit would you start as a freshman with a lot of extra credit or could you graduate in two years?</p>
<p>Just be honest: You have 62 semester hours of AP credit or might after you finish your next exams.</p>
<p>You can use this credit to:
!) Graduate early
@)Take an easier course load</p>
<h1>) Take additional courses and double major or minor or just study what you want (the most "honorable" option)</h1>
<p>$) Do nothing. You need an easy grade. Ethical haziness--best if paired with point %
%) Do nothing. You need to learn the subject matter better. Prudent.</p>
<p>you would come in as a freshman with junior standing. since the average number of credits freshmen come in with is 24, your year and standing often aren't the same. </p>
<p>about november's post, courses can vary in credit more than 3-5. i have seen 1-6, and of course LPAPs are 0. also im pretty sure the full time cutoff is 12 credits, not 4 classes. since there are separate labs, 4 credit courses with integrated labs, and 4 and 5 credit foreign languages, as well as chorale and things that are 1 credit, its not quite accurate to say four classes even generally.</p>
<p>Just be honest: You have 62 semester hours of AP credit or might after you finish your next exams.</p>
<p>Well I'm assuming that I'll follow my plan for next year and not get a 4 or above on the spanish one.</p>
<p>5 classes is the normal amount? That suprises me. I thought at most colleges 4 was average. Does the 5 include the gym class requirement as a class?</p>
<p>graduation requirements are 120 credits, and 8 semesters is the norm = 15 credits per semester. most classes are 3 credits. 4 classes at 3 credits would technically be the minimum you can do (12 min, 20 max w/o consulting anyone), which means you cant drop a class.</p>
<p>that doesn't include the gym class req because you only need 2, and those are worth 0 credits anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, here's another question, I'm thinking about doing BME as premed, but many have advised against it, saying it would lower my GPA, which med schools supposedly look at carefully. Would coming in with that amount of credit and spreading out the remaining two years worth of necessary classes to three years alleviate that somewhat?</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>sorry, another quick question. I don't think it mentioned anywhere specifically on the website whether Rice will mix and match your best SAT scores or only takes best one sitting for admissions. Anyone know which is the case?</p>
<p>Thanks guys again, really appreciate the help</p>
<p>Also, 120 hours is the university-wide minimum number of required hours, but many departments (especially Engineering) require more than that.</p>
<p>true, though i dont know of any outside engineering.</p>
<p>How many credits does Bioengineering need?</p>
<p>134 hours total</p>
<p>36-37 Math/Science
49 Core Engineering
9 Engineering Specialization (BIOE specialization track)
24 Distribution Courses in Humanities & social sciences
15- 16 Remaining Open or free electives</p>
<p>Additionally, you will have to take two LPAP (physical ed, basically) semesters that carry no credit. But these look fun.</p>
<p>I plan to do EE and double major in CS. I can't wait for fall!</p>
<p>engineering for some reason counts all the classes you need even outside of the particular major. all the other majors say something like, "the major requires 30 credit hours (10 courses)." its assumed that you need at least 120 to graduate, distribution credit, other courses to understand the material, etc. physics doest "require" much math but you would naturally take much more than that. so basically its like that 49 or 58 figure compare to 30 usually.</p>