<p>Going forward, I'm not sure exactly what these AP credits will help me do. Sure, I can count two tests towards credit of some sort or possibly get into more advanced courses (and I may even be wrong about this.) Most of the people at my school think AP credit at privates don't even matter.</p>
<p>My question is, do any of you regret not taking AP tests seriously enough or scoring low on a few? Or perhaps you regret stressing so much over them since they don't really matter?</p>
<p>I’m a Pratt student.</p>
<p>Get AP credit for Calc AB/BC, Physics C, Chem, Biology, and 2 Social Science AP’s</p>
<p>You want to skip every intro science class (and math!!!<—look at exclamation mark). You can only count 2 AP credits toward your Humanities Social Science (HSS) requirement.</p>
<p>My biggest regret was scoring 3 on AP Biology and having to take Biology 25.</p>
<p>In trinity its more for placement than anything else, since you can only get credit for two.
In Pratt its different though, like noobcake said you get credit for pretty much all your tests.</p>
<p>I’m a BAA major and I am sooooo glad I scored a 5 on AP Bio and don’t have to take Bio 25.</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate the value of getting out of intro classes via AP classes! The intro classes are usually the weed out classes curved to a B-/C+. Also, what people generally don’t realize is that if you want to graduate a semester early, you’re allowed to count more than 2 AP credits, even in Trinity (I believe 4). And if a year early, you can count 6.</p>
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<p>Also econ micro and macro if you want to do econ (will allow you to place out of 51, which is one of the hardest weed out classes here at Duke)</p>
<p>From the general advice I’ve heard, many people seem to recommend skipping math. For a biology major, how many semesters of math credit is required? And would Calc AB get rid of one of those credits?</p>
<p>math isn’t required for all students, right?
like, if i were to major in political science or art history?</p>
<p>shinnygarce, you need 2 “QS” courses which are for courses like physics and math. </p>
<p>how is STA 10 at duke?</p>
<p>Would it be possible to switch from Trinity to Pratt later on if we decide, for example, that biomedical engineering suited us better than biological sciences? </p>
<p>Also, in Trinity, I thought we could not use the AP credits for core courses? (which would mean we are doomed to take the intro courses?) Do they have to be applied to a certain area, like HSS?</p>
<p>Pratt to Trinity is a ‘free’ switch.</p>
<p>Trinity to Pratt is a tad bit more difficult, you can’t have all C/D’s, something along those lines. (I believe)</p>
<p>Everyone I know who wanted in/out of Pratt succeeded.</p>
<p>So what exactly do ap credits count towards? Credit towards graduation? I got into Pratt and I’m wondering if ap credits can help me graduate earlier?</p>
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<p>No, you are not doomed to take intro courses. While you can only use 2 AP scores for credit in Trinity, all your AP tests can be used for placement. In addition, all the classes your passed out of via AP test will be shown on your official Duke transcript (with a grade of “AP”; the exact score isn’t mentioned). But again, you can only use two that count towards the 34 required for graduation. You can use more than two if you plan to graduate early. All of this is outlined clearly on the Trinity website:</p>
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<p><a href=“http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=ap-ipc-and-pmc-credit[/url]”>http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=ap-ipc-and-pmc-credit</a></p>
<p>For Pratt on the other hand…</p>
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<p>[Policies</a> & Procedures | Engineering at Duke University, Pratt School](<a href=“Policies & Procedures | Duke Pratt School of Engineering”>Policies & Procedures | Duke Pratt School of Engineering)</p>
<p>You can count an unlimited number of AP courses towards credit/graduation in Pratt. However, having a lot of AP credits only helps so much to graduate early because Pratt has so many engineering-specific requirements. It’s very unlikely you could actually get all the requirements out of the way without overloading in less than four years. You can’t get AP credit for classes like BME 83, 100, 101, 110, 153, 154, 171, design, and an elective. You’re going to have to take all of those no matter what if you want a BME degree, for example. Thus, even if you have AP credit for Calc BC, Bio, Chem, Physics, and a few humanities, you still have a lot of requirements. I’m not saying it’s impossible to graduate early in Pratt, but don’t count on it.</p>
<p>Actually if you are single major in Pratt and have 2 Social Science AP, 4-5 AP credits for Math/Sciences, you can easily graduate one semester early.</p>
<p>So I know there was a whole thread about this earlier, but I’m still not sure I understand. Duke says that if you get a 5 on the AP Stats exam, you get credit for STA 10, but you can’t use it towards your 34 (i.e. this probably means you can use it to place out of other stat classes). In the thread from a few weeks back, I think someone posted a link to the Duke stats website that said you could still take one of the 100-level stat classes depending on how much calculus exposure you had (I’m pre-med, so I think the suggested stat course is STA 102, and I got a 5 on the BC calc exam, so I think I have the calc exposure necessary for the class). So what’s the purpose of the STA 10 credit, then? And if you get say, a 4 on the exam (or lower), is not having STA 10 a problem for getting into higher-level stat classes? Also, I heard something about a placement test for getting into stat classes…in what cases would you have to take this, if at all? This is all for Trinity, by the way.</p>
<p>Thanks so much to whoever answers this, I know it’s a lot!</p>
<p>Besides AP tests, how else do they determine language placement because I’m pretty sure I did really bad on the AP.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from current Duke students that SAT II scores can help with language requirements, but I’m not sure how high your scores have to be.</p>
<p>@taintedlove:
Don’t know where you heard that you can’t use AP Stats credit toward your 34 graduation credit requirement, but you definitely can. Maybe you mean that you can’t use it toward your distribution requirements (ie, you can’t use it as one of your 2 required Quantitative Studies classes) - that is correct.</p>
<p>The way I understand it (I have yet to take Stat at Duke), the purpose of STA 10 credit is so that you do NOT have to take the placement test for STA 101 or 102. Students with a 5 on the AP can go straight into those classes. Therefore, the placement test is for students who either didn’t take AP Stats or who scored lower than a 5. I’ve heard the test is REALLY easy, and you’d basically have to intentionally fail it to be placed in STA 10, so you’re pretty much guaranteed to place into 100-level. </p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>Wow! Thank you guys - you made this seem so mucher simpler haha. Time to care about my APs now :P</p>
<p>@ Noobcake</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on AP Bio…does that only give you credit for a semester of bio? It says on the website for Duke that if you get a 4 or 5 you will be eligible for bio 26 which is the spring semester of intro bio</p>
<p>jko0426: yes, AP credit (with very few exceptions) only give credit for one course.</p>
<p>bluedevil13: AP Stat might count for credit in Trinity, however, it cannot be used for much in Pratt. Stat113 is a requirement for all engineers with few exceptions.</p>