<p>At first, this program didn’t sound so bad. Then I looked at the Brown website and saw that only 9 people did this for the Class of 2004. Why’s that? I know that it’s 5 years but if you can get 2 semesters in from AP credits, that’s not so bad right? I’m probably misunderstanding something here but can any current Brown students help me with this?</p>
<p>There is no way you are going to skip a year with AP. It doesnt work like that. AP doesnt reduce the total amount of classes you need to graduate. AP mostly gets you prereqs. <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s4_degree_completion/prebrown_cred_ap.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s4_degree_completion/prebrown_cred_ap.html</a></p>
<p>Brown doesn't let hardly anyone graduate early. They are going to milk you for all the tuition you are worth ;-). </p>
<p>ScB degrees have a lot of requirements. Usually about 20. AB is anywhere from 8-15? You aren't going to have any electives. Trying to get a combined degree like that is going to be an extremely strict schedule.</p>
<p>"Students earning seven to ten courses are eligible for two semesters of advanced standing and two semesters of tuition credit."</p>
<p>So then what exactly is advanced standing? If I put in a summer session or two, will I be able to do the AB/ScB in 4 years?</p>
<p>Im not sure, I really dont know much at all about the AB/ScB. Yes, it is possible to graduate early, you have to do 4 summer session courses (that means at least 2 summers, because the coursload is 1-2 per summer) for 1 semester reduction. </p>
<p>Dont count on finishing in 4 years, if so few people do it, and they say 5 years, I doubt that people do it in 4. </p>
<p>Why are you set on AB/ScB anyways????</p>
<p>yah why are you considering it? Because I am too... but I'm rethinking it. I don't like the idea of no electives. Also, five years is too much - four is enough.</p>
<p>oh and also... why am I only hearing about AP credits?? What about IB?? Its not mentioned anywhere... I guess I may have incorrectly assumed that Brown offers IB credits, since most other universities do. Does anybody know?</p>
<p>I think so few people do it because it makes there is very little return for the cost. Tuition at a private university is extremely expensive. Have two undergrad degrees is basically worthless (as opposed to just double concentrating). If you are interested in learning about a science and a subject in the humanities, Brown is a perfect place to combine those interests and engage in them in detail. But why would you pay extra for a second (equivalent) piece of paper. Most people just go to grad school and get an advanced degree (masters) for the same price.</p>
<p>Brown has two systems, Tuition credits and Course credits. In order to graduate, you need to have completed 32 tuition credits (literally, pay for 8 semesters), and 30 course credits (take an dpass 30 courses).</p>
<p>AP credit gets you Tuition credit, but NOT course credit. It is possible to skip some time by taking 5 courses, but a year skipped would require 5 each semester for 3 years, which may be hard.</p>
<p>IB credit, on the other hand, is held in very high regard by Brown (I personally enjoy this, and I think it is something more schools should embrace, because the programs are very different). IB credit earns you both types of credit, tuition and course.</p>
<p>I think you mean it the other way around, it gives course credit but not tuition credit.</p>
<p>No, I don't.</p>
<p>"Please note that AP credits do not count towards the 30 courses required to graduate from Brown." (From the Dean of the College website)</p>
<p>You can get credit for courses for them, but they only count toward departmental prereq's, not the 30 total.</p>
<p>Heh, my bad.</p>
<p>No problem, most of the people I've met here have no idea how the system works. It's not used that often, except to be exempted from prereq's (which are ignored here, anyway). I'm a special case because I did the IB (although I probably won't be taking any credit anyway), so I did quite a bit of research.</p>