<p>I have taken three AP's (Biology, World, and US) and have scored 5's on all three of them. I will finish my senior year taking 4 AP's (Chemistry, Gov, Lit, Calc AB). What is the benefit of these exams? I know I will still take introductory Chemistry and Biology because I plan on going into Med School and it would help my GPA and will help me relearn the foundation.</p>
<p>How would the other AP's help me? Am I exempt from certain classes?</p>
<p>[USC</a> ARR : Articulation : AP Exam Credit at USC](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexamcredit.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexamcredit.html)</p>
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<p>Thanks for the link, but it really doesn’t help me much. I get credit from taking AP’s but what does that go toward? Do I save money in my tuition or something? The site says these credits are not course equivalences.</p>
<p>Your 5 on AP Bio will satisfy your GE Cat 3 Scientific Inquiry requirement:
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<p>A 4 or 5 on an AP Language exam would satisfy the third semester foreign language requirement (I know you didn’t ask about that, but I add it in case others who are reading need that info).</p>
<p>You will receive 4 USC units of credit for each AP you pass with a score of 4 or 5 up to 32 units. If you score 4s or 5s on all four of this year’s exams, you will enter USC with 28 units. This will give you registration priority - registration appointment times go by number of units with the most units registering first.</p>
<p>The AP units count toward the total 128 units you need to graduate AND they count toward your 64 units that must be completed at USC. This gives you flexibility if you need a lighter load a particular semester because of a challenging course(s).</p>
<p>All of this could result in a tuition savings if you choose to graduate a semester early, though I don’t think most students choose to do that.</p>
<p>This is a fairly generous AP policy for a private university, though many publics, such as the UCs, award even more generous AP credit than this - including direct course credit.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your AP success so far! Remember, the most important thing about all those AP classes is that you are very well prepared for college-level work.</p>
<p>Hi!!!</p>
<p>Son has gotten 5 on AP English Lang, Physics B and Calc Ab and Micro Econ so far. 4 in AP Comp Sc A.</p>
<p>This year he is taking the following AP’s - Lit, Physics C (2 of them) and Calc BC. Lets say he gets 4 in them - </p>
<p>Can you please help me figure out if goes into Calc 3 for Math? And he also satisfies some general credit req?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>He should be able to jump straight into Calc III I believe.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that, in general, humanities APs allow you more flexibility in choosing the college humanities courses that interest you more. Meanwhile, science and math APs allow you to skip intro courses and go straight to harder courses. </p>
<p>Because im planning to major in either business or econ, and i’m looking to a relatively easy college courseload, only the humanities AP credits really matter for me, right?</p>
<p>Alamemom, there is a foreign language requirement at USC? Please say no!</p>
<p>^ only for marshall, iirc.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that, in general, humanities APs allow you more flexibility in choosing the college humanities courses that interest you more. Meanwhile, science and math APs allow you to skip intro courses and go straight to harder courses. </p>
<p>Because im planning to major in either business or econ, and i’m looking to a relatively easy college courseload, only the humanities AP credits really matter for me, right?</p>
<p>FIRST, my only knowledge of how AP credits are applied comes from looking at the linked AP articulation page and from how they were applied for my ONE student, so I am certainly not an AP expert! My knowledge of degree requirements is limited to my own child’s program, which is in The College.</p>
<p>pixeljig:
He has already waived out of MATH 125 with his Calc A/B score. With a **5 **on B/C he will waive out of MATH 126 (a score of 4 on B/C will not waive MATH 126). My student did not have a math requirement beyond that, so I do not know what math class he then places into.</p>
<p>His Physics B score satisfies GE 3</p>
<p>crazi4uni:
For classes that don’t waive specific requirements, it doesn’t really matter what the AP course was - the key ends up being the number of units you are credited. For those of you new to how college courses are numbered, generally 100-level courses are freshman courses, 200-level are sophomore, 300-level are junior, 400-level are senior, and 500+ are graduate. The AP units give you higher class standing and show you are capable of college-level work, so you can be cleared for upper-division (300+) much sooner. My student entered USC with the full 32 units and a declared major, so her second semester she was able to start taking upper-division (300-400 level) requirements for her major. At the end of her first year, her class standing was “junior.”</p>
<p>pumpfake:
Students in my daughter’s major in The College of Letters Arts and Sciences have a three-semester foreign language requirement, and *it appears to me *that all CLAS students have the same language requirement. I do not know about other schools/majors, so be sure to check the requirements for your school/major carefully. Here is the catalogue: [USC</a> Catalogue: Undergraduate Education: Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2009/undergraduate/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2009/undergraduate/) This is the 2009-2010 catalogue - I haven’t found a link for 2010-2011 yet.</p>
<p>Does a 5 in AP World History waive anything? :)</p>
<p>I see *European History *listed as waiving a GE, but not *World Hist *:(</p>
<p>I thought when my first son entered USC that World was compatable with European. Becasue it did give hime credit for something. He is a CS major.As almemom says these units while maybe not givving you many units towards your major do give you that higher class standing so you will actually register sooner for classes as well giving you a better chance to get all the classes you want when you want them.</p>
<p>Nope, if the AP you took isn’t listed as in the articulation agreement, the only thing your credit goes towards is your standing in class registration. The more APs you have = the more credits you have. If you go into your freshman year with 36 AP credits already, you’re going to have a much better registration time than people with only 16 credits.</p>
<p>Sorry about that. He did get units 2 years ago for it tho.</p>
<p>Just checked with my younger son(Spring admit 2010) and he did recieve units for World but no credit toward his major.</p>
<p>I wish they took World for that category. :(</p>
<p>My school doesn’t even offer Euro…</p>
<p>@wanderlusting:
what do you mean, my standing in class registration? Does that mean that I will get priority when picking my classes during orientation? Is that essentially the only benefit of AP scores that don’t waive specific courses? (that and being able to graduate early).</p>
<p>For someone who does not want to skip any courses in math, a 4 or 5 in AP Calc AB will not benefit me much, right?</p>
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No, you do not get any priority at orientation - you will register with your orientation session.</p>
<p>Your registration priority will begin with Spring 2011 registration, which will take place late October/early November 2010.</p>