<p>I have a question about AP credits.</p>
<p>If I have credits to test out of core requirements, can i still take up to 120 credits to graduate? or do the 15 ish credits that i will have from APs (that covers 15 out of 18 core class requirements) limit the amount of credits i can take to 105 for all 4 years.</p>
<p>You can always take more credit before you graduate (that is, as long as the requirements are not completely fulfilled, you can take as many classes as you want, though, technically, I don't think Minerva will let you register for more than 18 credits (6 regular classes) per semester without some extra signed form or something).</p>
<p>Wait, so you can take over 120 credits before you graduate?</p>
<p>How do you do that without taking all requirements?</p>
<p>every major has specified requirements that you need to take in order to graduate. if you don't fulfill those requirements you can't get your degree no matter how many credits you have. also, in my opinion, mcgills billing is totally wacky and confusing. but, i believe that even if you are a full time student, your tuition is based on the number of credits you are taking per semester.</p>
<p>There are many ways to take more credits than you need before you're done. As ginak said, it'll cost you more (tuition in Quebec is proportional to the number of credits taken). One is to take 4 credit courses (e.g. many 500 level courses), another is to take more classes per semester than the standard 5 (15 credits per semester times 6, or 8 if you include freshman year). That will usually give you a handful more credits than is required by the time you graduate. If, for whatever reason, be it impossible scheduling or failure in your last term in a required course or two, you need to do an extra semester, if you wish to remain a full-time student for that extra semester, you may have to take more credits.</p>
<p>But the "best" way to end up with more than the required number of credits by the end of your bachelor's is to switch program late and/or repetitively, insuring that all the accumulated credits do not include all the required classes for your new program, and extending your degree by n semesters. Chances are, you'll meet at least one of those perpetual students who's been there fore 8 years, has enough credits for 2 degrees but just can't graduate yet because that person just changed majors for the fifth (sixth, seventh...) time.</p>
<p>so basically declare my two majors (probably going to be east asian studies and econ) and then don't fulfill one of my requirements till i feel like it?
So like finish econ and 28 credits of EAS and then im set?</p>
<p>Sort of. But when you reach U3 there's this verification period where you and your advisor go over your program and what you've taken so far, to insure that you haven't forgotten anything and are on track to finish on time. In theory, your advisor won't let you delay things forever.</p>
<p>/also, most people can't afford to be perpetual students</p>
<p>Bigtwix - Take a look here. You might want to think about joint honors. The courses are at a higher level for econ but you need fewer of them. I have no idea how intense the program is, but there is a lot of good info available.</p>
<p>Undergraduate</a> studies
Department</a> of East Asian Studies</p>
<p>Are you taking AP Calc now?</p>
<p>How was your visit?</p>