<p>What AP credits will Penn accept, so i know if i need to bother taking anymore AP tests.</p>
<p>go on there website and they will have a list. I dont think they accept any AP grades below 5 though and they dont accept cal AB</p>
<p>They take most every AP class but AB Calc. 5s get 1 credit unit (whatever that means) and 4s on language tests fulfill the language requirement.</p>
<p>You pretty much get screwed on AP & IB credits.</p>
<p>Haha yeah. Nothing for my 4 in APUSH last year :(</p>
<p>But I don't really understand what AP credit does for you anyway. I know it satisfies general ed requirements, but does that mean we have one less class? Does that mean we take a harder form of that class? or does that mean we can pick any class (even one that could go toward a double major or minor) that we want?</p>
<p>AP credits mean less requirements so that you're less restricted in what classes you can take. You could also just take less classes. I am unfortunately not getting any AP credit at all for the AP classes I've taken so far, despite getting 5s on the exams.</p>
<p>Wow, Andromon, why is that?</p>
<p>Andromon- that's not exactly right</p>
<p>AP credits means you CAN take less classes overall (need 32 c.u. to graduate) but the new curriculum does not allow you to use AP req. to fulfill sector requirements. So if you get Calc BC credit, you still need to do Quant. Analysis req by doing another math such as Math 114 (BC is Math 104 and also fulfills the Quant. req.)</p>
<p>agentboyscout, I took AP Art History, AP Calculus AB, and AP US Government and Politics, and Penn does not give any credits for these courses.</p>
<p>bongo3, I'm not so sure about the new curriculum requirements and I'm in the School of Engineering. I guess I'll have to check the site a bit later. It would be a shame if we could not replace requirements.</p>
<p>Don't bother with any AP exams except for Calc, Physics, and Econ, and maybe languages. The rest are more or less useless, they only give you free electives, which is not hard to satsify at all.</p>
<p>For AP Chem and AP Bio, you will still need to take placement tests after you get on campus to place out of intro level classes.</p>
<p>Calculus and Physics will actually give you useful credits and placement. Econ will give you placement but not credit.</p>
<p>All my advice is for CAS only though, so..</p>
<p>Can I get through without ever having to take a bio class?? That ****'s sooo lame. I got a 5 on the AP but I have a nagging suspicion that that's not good enough for Penn.</p>
<p>Yes, you can get through without taking a bio class. Your 5 on the AP will get you a credit for BIO 91 (not sure if this is the right number) a class that's not even listed. To get that credit upgraded to BIO 101, and get placement into a higher level course, you would have to take and pass the departmental placement test.</p>
<p>according to the AP policy, you have to redo the labs to get credit or something like that.</p>
<p>No. You don't have to redo the labs to get credit, you need to either submit a lab notebook from high school or take the labs, in order for the credit you got from passing the placement exam to count as a prerequisite for higher level classes.</p>
<p>You'll get credit, the credit just won't be very useful.</p>
<p>if i dont want higher placement in bio-- i just want to fullfill whatever bio requirement is out there if it's one i absolutely have to meet-- will my 5 be enough??</p>
<p>You will get out of bio, but you will still have to do a life science requirement.</p>
<p>honestly, the new requirement system for the college makes AP credits useless...unless they are part of your major in which case you should still take the entry level course because the AP doesn't offer as much (or maybe I should say they focus on different things? it really depends) as an intro college class.</p>
<p>Will it do me any good to take the AP World or AP Physics C exams? I probably want to major in Chemistry or Economics or Computer Science. Even if the credit does not go towards the distributional requirements, does it still go towards graduating (as in fewer electives so I can take fewer classes each semester)?</p>
<p>Take Physics C. I wouldn't bother with AP World. World'll give you a free elective credit, but you'll have no problem filling out free electives, while here, and they aren't required for graduation anyways.</p>