<p>hey im a jr and interested in skipping frosh year of college and i was hoping to see wat i am falling short on so i can fill up those electives at a nearby renowned juco</p>
<p>so far i have gotten (or bet on getting) 4/5 on....Cacl BC, Bio, Chem, Physics C, Econ, Eurpoean History, both govnt politics, lit and composition, spanish, Us history, Stat....</p>
<p>i have taken japanese 101 in juco already</p>
<p>wat else are in freshman required courses...i wish to attain sophmore standing</p>
<p>I don't think it is possible to skip freshman year at Northwestern and get sophomore standing unless you are in HPME. APs don't give you sophomore standing at NU. why do you want to skip freshman year btw?</p>
<p>money money money</p>
<p>You can't 'skip' freshman year in college. You can, however, graduate early. Even people without any APs (like me) can graduate early if they take 5 classes a quarter for a few quarters, so I wouldn't worry.</p>
<p>so how many classes are required to graduate (on average)</p>
<p>i think one needs 45 classes to graduate. there is no way to skip freshman year i believe, unless you transfer from community college with that many credits. AP's can only be used to fulfill 2 credits, that's it. 2 credits is only half of one term at NU. there are 12 terms. i think you can still use these tests for credit, but they wont go toward your distribution requirements (6 areas, 2 credits in each) that is required by NU. sorry, you cant skip freshman year. wat did you think this is? a public school? ;)</p>
<p>each ap two credits?</p>
<p>and wat if i take junior college classes in one of these areas</p>
<p>no, each AP is one credit, up to 2 credits total. i have no idea about the junior college question.</p>
<p>haha so econ 101 wont help then...</p>
<p>for ap's, generally you have to have a 5 for it to count for any credit. and even then, its really not sure because they might have you take a placement test anwyays (ie for calc)</p>
<p>Graduating early would be your only real option. This could be done by stressing yourself and taking 5 classes for a good amount of quarters.</p>
<p>Woah, I have to take a placement test even if I had 5's on Calc AB/BC?</p>
<p>Instead of conjecture and butchered facts (you can use far more than 2 APs to graduate, I think the number is closer to 6 or so. You can only use 2 APs as distros..I think that's the above poster intended to say), I suggest going online and looking it up. I'm not going to because I'm lazy and uninvested in this. But you definitely can graduate in 3 years, if you really want to.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Northwestern charges you more money to take more than 4 courses per quarter, if you use those courses to graduate early.
Also keep in mind that Northwestern does offer 100% of your demonstrated financial need. From what I've heard from friends who have gone through the process, you can also get a little bit more than your "demonstrated need" if you ask for a little bit more and show that you just afford to pay the suggested amount.</p>
<p>richtra: yep, i got a 5 on bc and i had to take, of the 4 course calc sequence (220, 224, 230, 234) 230 and 234. and i'm doing 234 a second time this quarter cos i really didnt understand it the first time.</p>
<p>So do you get any credit for the AP tests then? It now seems pointless to me to take the tests in the first place...</p>
<p>So what are the benefits of being placed in the higher classes, especially if you have to go back and review forgotten material? It seems easier to me just to not report my credits and take the more simplistic courses</p>
<p>I also thought that I could only use two AP credits at NU so I didn't take any more tests.</p>
<p>Any help?</p>
<p>just to clarify -- Northwestern does NOT charge you extra for taking 5 classes (5 is the limit though). However, you need to have a 3.5 GPA and have the department sign a form.</p>
<p>Yes, you can get more than 2 AP credits. You could only use 2 of them for distros. Though I think these forums are beneficial, I do find it disturbing that people take the advice of complete strangers who have no reason to tell teh truth.
Please, Please, Please go online and look it up. It's in the undergraduate catalog and takes maybe 10 minutes. Better yet, call NU and talk to the people who actually set the rules. To lose out on the ability to take fewer classes or get to NU and take redundant courses or to have another avoidable problem because of some cyber-laziness is pretty poor.</p>