<p>are u actually saving money/time with ap?</p>
<p>Probably not. I've probably learned more from taking AP classes at least though.</p>
<p>It depends on where you go. At "top-tier" schools, probably not. However, at places like UCSB (and many others that are not deemed the elite colleges) you can enter college as a sophomore and graduate in three years. Obviously, this saves time and money. There have been several students at my school who went to UCs (not LA or Berkeley) and did this.
Also, like Jonez said, you really do learn a lot more and you really are not competitive for admission at most worthy colleges without AP.</p>
<p>i dunno about ur school but theres seems to be a correlation between taking APs and getting into college at my school. The "challenge" between non-AP courses and AP courses is quite huge. So for me, I think AP courses will definitely help me cope with any college. And I heard college courses are nothing like APs so i couldnt even imagine jumping from non-AP to college courses. BUt otherwise, yes paying money DOES suck (my school forces anyone taking AP course to take the AP test). Who wants to shell out 200 bucks? not me</p>
<p>And as jaimie17 said, "elite" schools tend to give less AP credit just because there would be so many people who would qualify.</p>
<p>my question is for ucla students. ucla seems pretty generous with their credit (well according to the website) so i just wanted to know how they are benefiting.</p>
<p>Saving money/time up with AP depends on YOU. </p>
<p>That is, EVERYONE has to complete their major and GE requirements. The faster you can complete that, depending on how many classes you take a quarter and also depending on how demanding your major is or how many classes you have to take, as well as not taking a minor or electives, will be big factors. The AP/IB credits kick in when you have COMPLETED everything required (major and GE's) already, yet you have not reached the 180 units needed to graduate. Instead of wasting your time/money taking extra electives to reach the 180 units, you can substitute your AP's and that'll boost you up to 180 units so you can graduate earlier. </p>
<p>For example:
Major = 90 units
GE's = 50 units
you need 40 more units to reach 180....
but you have 45 units of AP = graduate w/o having to waste money/time on 40 leftover units of electives</p>
<p>Okay so what if you're taking a demanding major or you're double majoring or minoring or whatever? Does AP help me graduate earlier? Yes somewhat, in the fact that your AP credit would've helped boost up your class standing in the first place, so you can register for the classes you want so you can graduate on time. </p>
<p>If anybody's confused... yes you can have "senior standing" for more than 1 year. That is, you've reached 135 units really fast, so in terms of units, you're a senior, but in reality, you still have more than a year's worth of required classes to take.</p>
<p>according to the website for ap credit for eng dept, i would have 58 units (assuming i pass all the tests i took this year). but i'm probably going to take physics and chemistry over anyway</p>