<p>If I have 27 AP transfer credits, and thus only require 3 additional credits to complete the Freshman Program, when do I enter a departmental program? Do I cease to be a U0 student as soon as I have completed the 3 required credits, or do I become a U1 student at the termination of my first year? </p>
<p>Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.</p>
<p>You’ll be a U1 student as soon as you complete those 3 credits, meaning you’ll basically be U1 from the very start and will have to declare your major when you arrive.</p>
<p>There’s a long discussion on this topic in the Mcgill 2013 facebook page.
Many current students suggest that it’s a bad move to go straight to U1</p>