<p>i should have about 30-35 credits; do you think i'll get to use them all? how does that alter freshman year schedule?</p>
<p>Son was able to place out of First Year Composition having scored well enough on the Lit AP exam. However, he still had to take the required 17 hours for Engineering--His advisor had him sign up for other required courses. Also, he elected not to use his Chem credit, since he had not had Chem since 10th grade. The credit would have just meant that he might have been in a higher level Chem from what I understand, and he was a little nervous about not having had Chem in so long. Also, since Engineering does not have a foreign lang. requirement, his 5 on the Latin AP Vergil exam is pretty useless. I spoke to his advisor this spring about this and he informed me that it could not be used as a Lit or Fine Arts requirement. Be careful how you use your credits and pay very close attention to what courses you are using them for. And, it is very possible that the credit can only push you further ahead(even more adv. course). And, in son's case, he did not want to be placed in such a higher level because he did not feel comfortable having not had the course in several years.</p>
<p>I came in with 50 (all of which were taken) so I have a pretty good idea of whats going on. If you do well on an AP English exam, you can bypass or take a higher level FYC (which I advise passing on because I thought it was a bunch of busy work). Most other credits count as electives. If you are in the major of the AP class you took, you may have to take other classes within the major rather than the lower level one. I got credit for AP American Government (which is an intro level Poli Sci class). They let me avoid taking the class again but required me to take an additional intermediate level class on top of the 4 I already had to take for the major.</p>
<p>Generally though, most of the credits count as electives and they take pretty much everything. There are a few exceptions where they can cover core. I got a 2 on French Language and I somehow got 6 credits out of the deal. As a business major, I never have to take a foreign language class in college because of it. It may be done the same way for Psychology too, taking the place of a social science. But you have to check into that one on your own. My freshman year first semester was a joke because they wanted me to take core rather than declare a major (intros to social psychology, theology, philosophy, and theatre, and irish literature seminar).</p>
<p>jvon</p>
<p>what do you plan on majoring in?</p>
<p>i'm not sure. i was in the school of engineering at u of i, but i'm pretty sure i don't want to do that... i was thinking i wanted to get into econ but it makes me mad that they don't have an econ major in mendoza--it's only in LAS...</p>
<p>but anyways... either business econ or political science, then off to law school probably...</p>
<p>I'm not sure if this is solid advice, perhaps more a question.
First , congrats jvon on your acceptance to ND!! So happy for you.</p>
<p>If you are intending on Law school, then your GPA will be very important, so are you sure you want to test out of some lower level courses at ND?</p>
<p>My son's friend has tons of AP credits, on law school track, and is having an extremely challenging time in the upper level classes- especially foreign language.</p>
<p>Do you have to use the AP credits? Might it be wise to carefully apply for credit?</p>
<p>yeah, that is a great point actually... I'll definitely bring that up when talking to my counselor</p>
<p>as for foreign language i'm hoping i can place me out of it ENTIRELY (not just bring me to a higher level) because i am terrible at spanish. i know the foreign language requirements are different for each school; anybody know what they are for mendoza?</p>