<p>I'm currently a rising junior in-state. I have about a 3.8 GPA and am taking 4 APs this year so i think im currently in the running for admittance to college park. Which is my first choice. However I am interested in graduating college in 3 years so i was curious as to what would happen if i did part time attendance my senior year and only took 4 classes at the hs i attend then classes at the community college to earn credits. Would that hurt my chances to be admitted? and would the credits transfer? thanks</p>
<p>This might help you out: [Transfer</a> Credit Center | Transfer Database](<a href=“http://www.tce.umd.edu/tclookup.html/]Transfer”>http://www.tce.umd.edu/tclookup.html/)</p>
<p>It really shouldn’t hinder your application and from what I see with your GPA, you’re in great shape. How is your SAT coming along? </p>
<p>And I must ask, why do you want to graduate in three years?</p>
<p>Credits you earn while enrolled in high school do not make you a transfer student as far as admissions. Check UMCP’s Website before you enroll in CC classes to make sure they will transfer.</p>
<p>thanks the website really helped and my SATs im studying for over the summer hoping to take them in the fall i got a 166 on my psats as a sophomore but ive hopefully gotten up alot since then. I want to graduate in 3 years mainly because i want to attend law school and would like to be able to get my undergrad in 3 years so i can enroll in law school. I just wanted to make sure it wouldnt hurt my application only taking 4 classes at the high school so thanks for the reassurance it wont :)</p>
<p>OP, is there a way you can just take more AP classes instead of CC?</p>
<p>possibly but im already taking all the ones that would do with my major in college</p>
<p>First off, you can use APs to opt out of courses that aren’t related to your major. That way, you’re not stuck taking classes with nothing to do with your major, because they’re general requirements. It’s also not a good idea to use APs to skip courses IN your major, simply because it’s important to fully understand the material before you take your LSATs. </p>
<p>Second, what makes three years of undergrad more advantageous than four in terms of law school admissions?</p>
<p>Before you enroll at the cc, check with the colleges you’re looking at to see if they like AP or CC credit better. A lot of them prefer APs. They know the standard of them and with APs, you can actually get credit for more than one class. Say your cc offers chemistry, Chem1001 (or something like that). And your school offers Ap chemistry. If you get a 5 on the AP exam, you can possibly get credit not only for chem1001, but chem1002 and chem1003. It depends on the college, but most public schools abide by that. So, make sure you check it out</p>
<p>MD mom, the link that was provided for the Transfer Credit is the correct one for OP to use to see if the planned courses at the specific cc will transfer to UMD and what CORE requirements may be addressed. </p>
<p>Julieannab, I assume the OP is asking specifically about UMD. D1 “ran out” of math courses at her high school, but she didn’t want the disruption of working in classes at the community college and still trying to be a high school senior. She took additional AP courses that met CORE requirements, and ended up with something like 53 credits at UMD. I don’t think that UMD has an AP or CC credit bias. Coming in with either one shows that you had initiative to stay challenged. Admissions decisions are mostly numbers-driven at a place the size of UMD. When it comes to special program or merit aid considerations, I do not believe that either would be perceived much differently from the other.</p>
<p>RE: retaking courses related to your major…Even within their majors (each D had/has 2 majors), neither of my Ds retook any courses that they got AP credit for. If you really had a pretty easy time of it and got a “5” on the test, (and are willing to go back to brush up on something when/if it’s required for future classes), retaking the course isn’t always required. Freshman advisors generally recommend retaking the major-related courses, but you know yourself better than anyone.</p>
<p>its not that i think it would look better for law school i just wanna be able to get through my undergrad faster since i know ill be in school for another 3 years after. While i appericate the advice my main focus is making sure it didn’t somehow hurt my chances to be admitted and the credits would transfer so thank you guys for answering that i can now do the part time schedule my senior year and not be hurt in admittance</p>