AP credit?

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<p>Does Rice University allow students to receive credit from AP exams in subjects that they are majoring in? I am a Bio major. Can i receive Biology credit by taking the AP Bio exam, or is it mandatory to take the college class anyways?</p>

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<p>Yes. Rice gives credit for 4s and 5s on most tests, regardless of subject area. You can get out of a lot of intro classes this way. However, it is highly recommended that you take those intro classes anyway, because they will probably be more in-depth than your AP classes were.</p>

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<p>During O-Week you’ll get individual advising on which intro classes to take. The only class my daughter was advised to take that overlapped with the AP classes she’d taken was Physics.</p>

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<p>Rice is pretty generous about giving credit or AP exams. Here’s more info:</p>

<p>[AP</a> & IB Credit | Office of the Registrar | Rice University](<a href=“http://registrar.rice.edu/students/ap_ib.aspx]AP”>http://registrar.rice.edu/students/ap_ib.aspx)</p>

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<p>so you are better off not sending in your scores to Rice then… cause I heard you can’t take those intro classes if you already skipped it</p>

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<p>God, I would NEVER take bio ever again.</p>

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<p>tomackze- as far as I can tell from their website, that is not true.</p>

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<p>You should turn in AP scores, because they give you hours. I’m not 100% sure, but if you re take the intro class, it may be worth double hours.</p>

<p>Anyways, as stated above, during O-week, it’s the academic advisors’ job to learn about this stuff, and guide you through the process.</p>

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<p>no double credit</p>

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<p>thanks for the help guys</p>

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<p>@ModernChem yeah you are right… that is what I read also and what I found out. You can still take those classes but you don’t get anything extra, you just get your already “received” credit replaced with the Rice credits for taking the class… as if you had never taken the AP in the first place</p>

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<p>Rice does give credits to AP testing, however, there still are requirements for majors and often times, they will just let you skip the class but not count it towards the numbers of semesters required for a subject in the graduation requirement</p>