<p>OP - what school? Can he opt for the credit without the grade, as if he got a 3? For some, credit without a grade seems a better option than a B - almost as if they are suggesting that students who get a 4 won’t be capable of getting and A at that college, because that B averaged in with the rest of their college grades will help those with less than a 3.0, but hurt those with better than 3.0</p>
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<p>This makes sense to me, ucbalumnus, as the course that Ga. Tech called Calculus II was about 85% Linear Algebra. It seemed mis-named. Calculus III was multivariable calculus.</p>
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<p>My son went into school with 29 AP credits. He is a sophomore after 1 semester.</p>
<p>Some of his friends had even more credits than he. He can graduate 1-2 semesters early even with a double major. That amounts to $30-$60K cash in my pocket. He was able to complete most of his general education courses via AP credits. It isn’t just a few credits for some students.</p>
<p>I’d let the kid make the decision. My son had 47 credits going into college, from AP tests and previous college credit. His college will only accept 32, but his attitude is “I’m not taking something I already know.” He likes to learn, and has always done better when he’s challenged. His first semester he got an A in his 4000 level math class, but a B in his “easy” 2000 level math class. He will likely pick up another major or get a masters degree within 4 years, but his grades Will not be perfect. My husband, on the other hand, was all about getting the best grades in college, so he took things again to reinforce his knowledge and to get As. He encouraged my son to follow his path, but son wasn’t interested. There is no right or wrong answer.</p>
<p>NOT worth it</p>
<p>Our S got 60 credits entering college (which was their max), mostly from APs but he also completed a college course after 10th grade. I am glad he enjoyed his 4 years of college, even though he COULD have saved us perhaps a term or two of expenses if he had opted to challenge the engineering school & try to waive out of the courses he had taken in HS. He was able to have a very good review of all the subject matter and spend more energy settling into the university and engineering.</p>
<p>Other students & families have made other choices, but it is best for each student and family to figure out what makes the most sense for their situation.</p>
<p>OP, many inquiring minds are curious as to what U gives GRADES for AP scores. Can you please share the name of the U? That is extremely unusual.</p>
<p>On the page that they send out with scores it says:
5 A/A+
4 A-/B+
3 B/B-/C+
2 D+/C-/C
1 D/F</p>
<p>If you want to find what colleges accept what credit then go here:</p>
<p>[AP</a> Credit Policy Info - Advanced Placement Program - AP Policy Search](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>However, colleges generally just take AP scores as credit or placement without including any grade in the GPA.</p>
<p>Also, that College Board link to AP policies has some erroneous entries in it (the Berkeley one is mostly erroneous, for example).</p>
<p>Yes AP aren’t used in your college GPA. I’d say the College Board entry of Berkeley is fine:</p>
<p><a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
<p>I have never heard of ANY college which gives a grade for an AP score. Before you agonize further please clarify with the U your child will attend. Many Us may offer some credit but have NEVER heard of a U offering a grade and it appears other posters haven’t either.</p>
<p>Proudpatriot–this parent is talking about 12 credits that will give her child a 3.0–NOT worth it. Did your child’s school assign letter grades to those AP credits? If your child would have started as a sophomore with a 3.0 would you have transferred the AP credits. Read the whole story…no WAY would I settle for a 3.0 for a few AP credits.</p>
<p>Dartmouth to stop offering AP credits beginning with class of '18.
[Dartmouth</a> to end use of Advanced Placement scores for credit | Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/18/dartmouth-end-use-advanced-placement-scores-credit]Dartmouth”>Dartmouth to end use of Advanced Placement scores for credit)</p>
<p>OP has never come back to mention which school actually awards GRADES for AP scores and no one else on this thread has heard of such a practice. I am very curious about such a university.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think the OP is gone. Given the username 2TxAgs, Texas A&M would be likely but I think the OP was just mistaken about the inclusion in GPA.</p>
<p>Considering no other poster has EVER heard of grades being given for APs by a college I also strongly suspect OP misunderstood the U.</p>
<p>If OP is referring to A&M I can confirm that AP credits do not go in as grades (as D just started there with 18 credits and did not get grades for them) I think that maybe they misread or were misinformed.</p>
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<p>It would depend on how much money it would save. 12 credits is almost a full semester’s worth of credits. That could amount to around $30K in the pocket of the parent. That is not chump change.</p>
<p>At any rate I have never heard of colleges giving grades for AP credits. It is usually just credits.</p>