<p>It is a kind of unwritten rule, I think. That is the flip side of doing it, since these courses are graded on a curve in many or most cases. Students taking for the first time are at a disadvantage. While that is an issue, I just got way too much out of REALLY learning calculus by just being able to totally focus on what the prof was saying to say you shouldn’t do it. I didn’t even take any notes the first semester, I just listened. It was amazing, having that completely deeper level of understanding.</p>
<p>Chem was not quite the same, because I took an honors freshman chem class, which was very different then than what they do now I think. It was not even close to being a repeat of AP Chem, much harder. The lab was from 1-9 every Wednesday, lol. You guys have it soooo easy these days. (And yes, I walked 3 miles through the snow to Percival Stern, uphill both ways. OK, but the lab really was from 1-9. It was very cool though, and there were only 11 of us in the class). I never felt like I REALLY learned chemistry until after I took all the undergrad classes and then started teaching it as a grad student. Going back and looking at General Chem after having Orgo, P Chem, and a variety of upper level classes was a similar revelatory experience to what I had in Calc as a freshman.</p>
<p>Thanks for letting me reminisce.</p>
<p>OK. so basically, the AP’s should be taken and then the student can either use the credit or discard the credit and take the course just as if the AP was never taken?
just because a student gets the 4 or 5 necessary does not mean the student cannot take the course for a grade to be included in the students GPA at Tulane?
Obviously, if the student chooses to take the course anyway then the AP test credit is discarded?</p>
<p>Exactly right smile. From what I can gather foreign language is the area they really try and keep people from “sandbagging”. I am not aware that they ever actually kept someone from taking Calc 121 because they got a 4 or 5 on the AP, but that might just be because no one ever told me or wrote about it on here. Just to repeat for completeness, for Chem you and Tulane have no choice but to repeat and discard the AP credit because the med schools require it.</p>
<p>For me personally, i would never accept AP Physics credit. I took physics my junior year in HS and can’t imagine remembering all that I need for a large portion of the MCAT 4 years later. For others, it may be fine, but I would recommend discarding all science credit and just retaking everything. While I gave up tons of science AP credit, I still have 26 hours of non-science credit, which puts me almost a year ahead, anyway.</p>
<p>They do not stop you from taking a lower level course that you technically placed out of with AP scores. They “suggest” you take a higher level but wont keep you from dropping back.</p>
<p>Is there a place on the website to check and see which AP’s Tulane accepts and what scores you need on specific ones? If you have 8 AP’s will they accept them all or is there a limit?</p>
<p>On the subject of Calculus courses at Tulane, do you have any feelings/comments on the Long Calculus course at Tulane? I believe it’s a step above remedial and extends the regular Calc course to a full year.</p>
<p>long calculus is ridiculously easy, or at least from what i’ve heard. the only people that i know who have taken it, however, have been liberal arts majors who have no interest in math/sciences. if you are premed, i think it would very much be looked down upon by med schools for taking long calc.</p>
<p>i’m pretty bad at math, and was able to pull an A in calculus I. it wasn’t THAT bad. i’d stick to calc I, unless you are a non-science major.</p>
<p>Fair enough. I’m a prospective prelaw/poly sci major. And though it isn’t essential to take calc for those majors, I still want to have a solid math foundation in case I decide to study econ. But if long calc is a joke, I’d much rather take the regular course.</p>