<p>I will have taken 4 AP classes by graduation( bio calc physics economics) but 5 tests ( macro and micro economics)
Is this average or too little for schools like Boston College and Villanova?</p>
<p>Most universities are set up so that you can graduate in 4 years without any AP credit in most majors. So do not worry about not having dozens of AP tests (many of which are not very useful as subject credit at many universities anyway).</p>
<p>I will have 10 by the time I graduate. I’m not really sure how many I will actually get credit for but I think they were a good prep for college. I don’t know why UCBalum is so down on AP–I just got accepted to CAL and I am sure my AP classes helped.</p>
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<p>Which 10 APs (and what scores), and what college / major at Berkeley? Many APs are not actually that useful for subject credit at Berkeley. The most generally useful ones at Berkeley are English Literature (score of 4 or 5 to fulfill part or all of writing requirements) and Calculus (preferably BC; score of 5 to move ahead in math courses).</p>
<p>If the AP courses are the best courses available in the high school, a high school student should take them. But it would be a mistake to think of most of them as fully equivalent to university level courses at a good university.</p>
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<p>I was admitted to the college of chemistry as a chemical engineering major. Most of my scores were 5’s. I didn’t really plan on getting subject credit when I took the classes, I just wanted to take the highest level my high school offered. I don’t think the top students at my high school are taking them strictly to get college credit but maybe the kids going to CSU’s do??? I have heard CAL will give elective credit for a lot of the classes and I think that will free up some room in my schedule.</p>
<p>Page 42 of [this</a> document](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/publications/chem_10_11.pdf]this”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/publications/chem_10_11.pdf) should help you with the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry’s AP subject credit policy. In some areas, it appears to be more generous than that of other colleges at UC Berkeley (check with them if you decide to switch to or double major with something in another college like Letters and Science or Engineering).</p>
<p>Thanks for the link ucbalum, it looks like with some more good outcomes on AP tests this May, I should be able to get a lot of classes waved! Yeah!</p>
<p>Math 1A and 1B
Physics 7A
Entry level writing and first and second level reading and comp
8.7 units towards the breadth requirement (group II)
Biology 1A and 1AL</p>
<p>Wow, thats a lot more than I expected!</p>