<p>Hey all,
so one of my friends who is a freshman at penn state just joined a frat. He told me that he only took 2 classes and used 3 of his 7 or so aps for credit that semester so he had a "real" course load and could handle the time commitment of rushing.<br>
I'm just curious, if you hypothetically got a 5 on the ap us exam could not take an introductory us history class at uva, but have it your transcript say something like "Us history 101-A"
I was just kinda curious :)</p>
<p>no on your transcript it will just say that you were exempt and earned credits.
you can waive your credit and take the class for a grade.
you have to take 12 credits minimum per semester regardless of ap credit.</p>
<p>Students with a large amount of AP credit are much better served considering an accelerated bachelors/master program. UVa will also be emphasizing accelerated bachelors programs in the next couple years, but many students don’t want to leave UVa early.</p>
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This does not apply to pre-med students. Med schools do not look favorably upon those who graduate early. Furthermore, even if you received credit for AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc AB and/or BC, AP Stat, and AP English, most med schools want you to take these classes at your university. (Granted, you can, of course, use your AP to jump into higher level classes like Calc III rather than Calc II. Many choose simply to repeat the course thinking it’ll be easier to get an A thus helping their GPA. It’s a personal preference.)</p>
<p>All right 
thanks so much guys and definitely for my major or pre-med i would repeat the class for the easy A</p>
<p>You would need to look at each class to decide whether to use the AP or take the class. For instance, for chem, someone with Ap credit needs to take the 1st year labs anyway. Many students take the AP credit and then take the accelerated first year chemistry class sequence with the labs. As of a few months ago when I checked last, a student can do that - get AP credit AND take that accelerated sequence. It is not recommended to jump to the 2000 chemistry classes as a 1st year. See the chem dept website for more info. </p>
<p>For stats, if you get a 4, you get credit for a 1000 level stats class that only has one small class a semester. Everyone takes the 2000 level stats class for credit, which is required for comm school and other majors. In that case, it makes sense to take the AP credit and then take the 2000 level class.</p>
<p>charlieschm is correct. You can get AP credit for general chemistry (1410 and 1420) while still taking the accelerated sequence (1810/1820). Unfortunately, if you AP out of science classes you do not get lab credit. A lot of the time the lab credit is also required (and a good idea to have) to advance to the next sequence of classes which is why I elected to take the accelerated sequence of chemistry. Personally, I couldn’t sit through a class where I had already learned much of the material. It would drive me nuts.</p>
<p>Note to who it may concern: I am a pre-med student and for the most part I am electing to supplement my AP credit with upper level coursework.</p>