<p>First of all, I'm not exactly a pre-med--my goal is to get into Vet School (close enough anyway, and I don't know where else I would post this). </p>
<p>I just read that most Vet schools don't accept AP credits to fulfill college course requirements (i.e. first-year Biology, Physics, Calculus, Chemistry, etc.). I was wondering if I should even bother taking AP exams now. They cost a lot of money, and they won't help me graduate from College faster since I will just have to take the course in college anyways to satisfy Veterinary School pre-requisites.</p>
<p>Advice? </p>
<p>Opinions? </p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Please?</p>
<p>For things like english, and history, having the credits will get you past the intro level classes at your college and/or honors level classes in those subjects which will likely be more interesting classes anyways.</p>
<p>Don't quote me for sure, b/c I'm not super familiar with vet school stuff, but if you are planning to major in a science it'd be okay to take the AP exams for that subject b/c you're going to get a ton of credits in that field that will satisfy the requirements. The key to remember is that the schools want you to take a year of those required courses while in college - it doesn't matter to them that much if you take chem 101 and 102 or chem 332 and 333 (I just made those numbers up), at least this is how it is for med schools, and I can't imagine it being THAT much different for vet schools. So for example, taking the AP Chem exam might get you out of the first year chem classes, so you'd have to take a year of upper level chem classes to make up for it. </p>
<p>In general, my advice is to avoid AP Chem and AP physics - the "make up" upper level classes you have to take to fulfill credits are way more difficult (and may require additional math classes or other pre-reqs) than the intro courses. AP Bio is usually okay b/c the upper level bio courses are usually nowhere near as hard as their chem/physics counterparts, and tend to relate more closely to your actual interests (ie you can take comparative anatomy or physiology) than the intro classes usually are...</p>
<p>Aah. Thanks Bigredmed! That makes sense.</p>
<p>Check with specific vet schools to be sure, but i do believe most don't accept the tests, or if they do only for intro level classes or humanities. </p>
<p>Vet schools in general require a year of general chem plus labs, a year of general biology plus labs, nine credits of english/speech, a year of ochem plus labs, a year of physics plus labs, microbiology plus lab, anatomy, genetics, biochem, statistics, college algebra, and something like 12 credits of social sciences/humanities</p>