<p>I emailed someone in the arts/sci department and they said AP credit can't be used to fufill WashU requirements. I'm pretty sure this would be the same in all of the schools but if it isn't I'd be pretty ticked off.</p>
<p>In b-school daughter came in with AP Bio and AP Spanish and 2 AP histories and only needs one of the b-school requirements - ethics and values. I'm sure at least the science requirement was fulfilled by AP. She needed to take an advanced Spanish to get credit for the AP Spanish so the international could have been satisfied by the advanced course but she got 6 elective credits just for taking an exam.</p>
<p>it's true that APs don't fulfill basic washU requirements (At least in Artsci, that's the perspective I'm speaking from). In ArtSci, WashU requirements are very different from how other schools treat it. Writing 1 is a requirement for every artsci student. However, there is no specific "science requirement" or "math requirement" that tells you to take a certain class like gen chem or calc. Rather, you have area requirements and clusters, so among others, you need a "natural sciences" cluster and one class designated as "qunatitative analysis." I fulfilled those with archaeology classes and microecon, respectively.
That being said, APs are useful for skipping 100 level classes in some cases. For example, AP Euro meant I could skip "western civ," a big boring lecture class, and fulfill my requirements with smaller, more interesting classes.
Major requirements can sometimes be fulfilled with APs. For example, as a history major, AP Euro and AP american replaced all my required 100 level classes. However, when it says you need 21 units to complete the major, it means 21 washU units. So I didn't get major credit for my APs, but I got a requirement filled. Sorry if that sounds confusing! Again, this is artsci. not sure about olin, engineering, or sam fox.</p>
<p>I don't know what you mean by not fulfilling basic requirements. Daughter who is in Olin came in with AP Bio for example and doesn't have to take science. She also has 6 credits of electives for this. This is a good thing and definitely worth taking a test for. This is not true for ArtSci?</p>
<p>the artsci website said that no credit was given for AP Psych. does this include elective credit? i'm in ap psych right now and i'm trying to figure out if i can get any sort of credit by taking the AP.</p>
<p>^There's absolutely no credit for ap psych, not even elective.</p>
<p>What about AP Language and Composition? I only saw a section for AP Literature and Composition scores on their website, but nothing for Lang & Comp. Should I assume that's all moot? If true that renders the 5s I get useless...</p>
<p>I'm surprised they haven't corrected that. There is no literature and composition. There are 2 English APs - literature is one and composition is the other. Everyone has to take Freshman English. If you get a 5 on either of the English APs (I'm almost positive about this - my daughter got a 5 on the Composition one) and you get a B- or better in Freshman English then you get an extra 3 credits of elective. I think everyone needs to take a lot of credits of electives, so these are always useful. With a 5 in Spanish (I'm not sure if you need a 5) my daughter got 6 credits of electives by taking an advanced Spanish class.</p>
<p>^Actually, that's somewhat false.</p>
<p>There are two AP tests. AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition. Amazon is correct that both tests only gives elective credit. Freshman Writing 1 is a requirement and there is no way to get out of it unless you are an engineer and pass the writing exam.</p>
<p>And if you get a 5 in AP Spanish, you automatically get 6 credits without having to take an upper level Spanish class.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I think that's right about the Spanish.</p>