<p>It says if you get a 5 on the AP lit you are exempt from the "college writing requirement" and you get "one acceleration credit." What exactly do these mean? Will I still have to take an English class in college (I'm going to be in the school of engineering if that counts for anything)? How does this affect my freshmen schedule?</p>
<p>I’m reasonably sure that that covers the English requirement for engineers.</p>
<p>You’re done with the writing requirement, so no, you do not have to take an English class at Tufts. The writing requirement is basically that Tufts says all liberal arts students need to fulfill (either by taking at Tufts or by placing out) 2 semesters of English, and engineering students need to fulfill 1 semester of English.</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on AP Lit, it places you out of English 1 and 2… but as an engineer, you only need to take Eng1 anyway. So you’re all set.</p>
<p>An acceleration credit just means that if you ever want to take English at Tufts, you can start above Eng 1-2 since you placed out of them. At least, I think that’s what it means - I’m going into my soph. year but the terminology is still a little fuzzy, not gonna lie! =)</p>
<p>funny story - my roommate last year placed out of Eng 1, so she took Eng 2 first semester. But in second semester, she decided to switch into the school of engineering, rendering her Eng 2 class completely unnecessary! Oh well, at least she enjoyed the class.</p>
<p>thanks for the info! I’m half thinking about transferring to liberal arts anyways, and I do want to take some sort of lit class but without all the basic writing bs we all have to sit through, so I guess that acceleration credit might go to some good use. I’m still in shock about getting a 5 in the first place- I took the test with an awful hangover and 2 hours sleep. I mean, comon, senior year right haha</p>