Columbia's AP Policy and Total Credits Allowed

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<p>First off, please don't post a link to the main page for either CC's or SEAS's AP Policy, they only give the amount of credit awarded for each exam.</p>

<p>How much total credit would Columbia (SEAS) give to an incoming freshman? On the page for Freshman Nontechnical Requirements, <a href="http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/ugrad/programs/first_soph/nontech.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/ugrad/programs/first_soph/nontech.php&lt;/a>, it says "Advanced Placement (AP) credit in appropriate subject areas can be applied toward the 9 elective nontechnical requirement," yet the AP Policy page says high scores on the Economics exams earns exemption from ECON 1105, which is #4 under REQUIRED Nontechnical Courses.</p>

<p>To anyone already in Columbia, or who has researched this before:
I plan on taking 5 exams this may, with a maximum number of 20 credits. If I earn all 20, will I be able to apply them all to my requirements?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>9 credits is not a maximum number you can apply to nontechnical subjects</p>

<p>It just refers to the elective portion of the 27-point minimum nontechnical credits you need to graduate. </p>

<p>So as long as it says on the list whether you can be exempt from a course by taking AP exams, you can use them. You can't exempt from certain things like university writing or the humanities core courses, listed as being absolutely mandatory.</p>

<p>So, before taking the exams, just make sure Columbia will allow exemption from whatever subject it is--otherwise, you can apply them anyhow and in any number you want.</p>

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<p>For an intended non-science major with 4's on AP Bio and Chem already, will taking the AP physics test do me any good?</p>

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<p>NOTE: College Board Advanced Placement scores cannot be used toward exemption from any of the Core Curriculum courses; however, scores may be used toward satisfying the foreign language requirement (see The Core Curriculum--Foreign Language Requirement).</p>

<p>Subject AP Score Advanced Credit Requirement or Placement Status
Biology 5; Placement determined by department. </p>

<p>Chemistry 4 or 5; Requires completion of CHEM C2407 with a grade of C or better</p>

<p>Chemistry 4 or 5; equires completion of CHEM C3045-C3046 with a grade of C or better. </p>

<p>Physics B 4 or 5; No exemption from science requirement.</p>

<p>Physics C/MECH 4 or 5; No exemption from science requirement.</p>

<p>Physics C/E&M 4 or 5; No exemption from science requirement.</p>

<p>Answer your question darkling? Looks like the answer is no for all three tests. Also looks like bio will do you no good (though you could take a placement test to get bumped up into a higher class in orientation week). Looks like Chem might do you some good if you want to take more chem classes. I'm going the placement test route, no AP tests for me.</p>