<p>Does anyone know whether or not Yale gives credit for AP's, and if so, for which AP tests don't they give credit? Also, does a non-legacy, non-minority have any realistic shot of getting in RD? Thanks for any responses.</p>
<p>They don't give direct AP credit, but you can gain acceleration credits. That means that you can bypass the equivalent course to qualify for the more advanced one, but you won't receive credit for the first one.</p>
<p>Since yearly status (frosh/soph/etc) is based solely on credits, you can't obtain sophomore standing your first year or anything. It's really cool because you won't be associated with the people you entered college with, even though you might graduate early.</p>
<p>At the same time, it's hard to gain credit because they require a 5 on most of the exams they accept.</p>
<p>So if I'm doing almost all AP courses in my senior year of HS, all I'll be able to do is start with higher-level courses at Yale, and I won't get any credit or be able to take one less class or anything? Serious bummer. I guess that taking AP's could help with admission, though.</p>
<p>Also, you won't be able to place out of core requirements. Like if they require a history course, you can't use APUS credit to place out. You'd have to take a more advanced course.</p>
<p>Luckily, acceleration credits aren't automatic. ;)_</p>
<p>Can I at least get out the foreign language requirement with AP Spanish?</p>
<p>No. Under the new distributional requirements for the class of 2009 and after, you need to either continue with your current language (in this case, Spanish) by taking one semester of an L5 (the advanced level) class, or take two semesters of a new language.</p>