APs? and core curriculum?

Colleges and Universities A-Z McGill University
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<p>So i have some questions about core and APs.</p>

<p>Are most APs taken for credit if you receive a 4 or 5?</p>

<p>The core is only a total of six classes right? (2 from each of 3 categories).</p>

<p>Is core required to be completed within the first year?</p>

<p>If i had math ap credits and science ap credits, and my intended major and minor covered the 2 other required classes sections, then it really wouldnt be much of a core at all since i would finish required classes as part of classes i had originally intended to take.</p>

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<p>There is a list on the website indicating courses and credit granted for them. If you get a 4 or a 5, you must receive credit for that course - it's not an option. (I suppose if you don't report your scores, you wouldn't have to take the credit for it.)</p>

<p>It is not an extensive list but does cover most of the APs that student generally take.</p>

<p>You can also get some credit if you pass placement tests in selected Math and Science courses even if you don't have 4s or 5s.
I don't know if you get credit for Language placement tests...I'll have to look into that.</p>

<p>Yes, your AP credit may count toward the requirements of Freshman Program. (It's not called a core.) And yes, the Freshman Program must be completed by the end of your Freshman year.</p>

<p>Very surprisingly, my S is walking in with 21 credits from 4 AP courses. It's already on his transcript.</p>

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<p>McGill is very generous with AP credit... almost a little too generous when you force kids to take AP credit.</p>

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<p>When the core is only supposed to be 1 year long, and 6 courses, does that mean that your classes, alot will be half year classes, because now that i think about it, ive heard an average course load at McGill is 5 classes at a time, so i would assume that theses requirements arent year long classes right?</p>

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<p>It doesn't explicity say that the courses have to be a year long but many of the intro courses are 2 semesters. It DOES explicity say on many of those course listings that credit will not be given unless both semesters are completed successfully. For example, language courses, intro eco courses, calculus courses and practically all of the intro science courses are 2-semesters long.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have the link to the page. I Have seen it before, but today i spent all day looking for it and didnt see it. Anyway, yea h i think it is really unclear.</p>

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<p>Nevermind, i found it. It sounds really easy. I can just use AP credit to get out of it right?</p>

<p>Because i would get out of social science with AP psych(3) and comparative gov(3) credits.</p>

<p>for Humanities, i would get out for AP lang and comp credits (6)</p>

<p>and for language, well i dont think they offer credit for AP japanese (the site doesnt say) but hopefulyl ill be testing into Japanese 3.</p>