<p>I'm going to UCLA and I have couple questions about AP credit. I'm a mechanical engineering major and I have taken the following AP tests: Chemistry- 5, Physics B- 5, Calc AB- 5, APUSH- 4, and Bio- 5. This year (my senior yr), I'm taking AP US Gov't, Stats, Calc BC, lit, and environmental science. I understand that other majors have different AP credit policies but I want to know about mechanical engineering. I just want to know if these AP tests count towards my GE requirements.</p>
<p>anyone?.. please anwer?</p>
<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“http://lmgtfy.com/?q=AP+credit+ucla+engineering]Let”>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=AP+credit+ucla+engineering)</p>
<p>[AP</a> Credit - School of Engineering and Applied Science - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/APCreditEN.htm]AP”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/APCreditEN.htm)</p>
<p>I seen that page, but I have NO idea what those “credit” can be given for. Do they satisfy my GE requirements?
For example, if I pass the Lit AP test, am I exempted from taking writing courses that are part of my GE requirements? (I hate creative writing, thats why lol)
What about history requirement?
Does 1 AP test count as 1 year of classes or just 1 quarter?</p>
<p>Someone please help, I’m pretty lost how the system works.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> General Catalog 2009-2010](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog09-10-44.htm#1361021448_pgfId-84886]UCLA”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog09-10-44.htm#1361021448_pgfId-84886)</p>
<p>The 5 on AP Chem will allow you to petition out of the first chem course. That waives one class.</p>
<p>A 5 on Physics B will give you only dead credit, which can help you reach enough credits to be come a “sophomore” inwhich you can pick classes before the freshman. Physics B, however, will not waive any physics classes at UCLA. Only Physics C will give you the opportunity to petition for a waive.</p>
<p>Calc AB will not waive classes; however, if you get a 5 on your Calc BC exam this year, then you will be able to waive Calc 31A</p>
<p>APUSH will let you waive one class of history GE.</p>
<p>Biology will give you more dead credit.</p>
<p>AP Gov will also let waive history credit, but I don’t think it stacks on over your APUSH. So it essentially will not waive more credit than your APUSH already has.</p>
<p>AP Lit as a 3 will waive 1 class of english GE. A 4 or 5 will waive two.</p>
<p>AP Stats gives dead credit.</p>
<p>AP Environmental Science gives dead credit.</p>
<p>Any class that waives a course also provides dead credit.
Assuming you pass every single AP test you have this year, you will have a total of 52 dead credits, which will be enough for you to be a sophomore.
I don’t think being a sophomore allows you to pick classes before freshman at orientation, but it certainly will help you in the winter course selection.</p>
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<p>I don’t get the impression that many people do that, but I could be wrong.</p>
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<p>Wrong. A 5 on Calc AB gets you out of 31A/3A, as does a 4 on Calc BC. A 5 on Calc BC gets you out of 31B/3B.</p>
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No, it waives the American History and Institutions requirement, which is something entirely different. It can also be waived by getting a B or better in your high school American History and/or American Government class, as well as through the SAT II US history test. And many of the classes at UCLA that satisfy are GE’s, so it’s essentially an empty requirement to begin with.</p>
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<p>No, a 3 waives the entry level writing requirement, and a 4/5 satisfies Writing I as well. Both can be satisfied before entering in other ways, if you read the catalog.</p>
<p>AP credit doesn’t satisfy any GE requirements.</p>