<p>i'm quite confused about course selection, i will be entering with about 32 credits, does that mean i have sophomore standing, and if so what implications does that have on my course selection, furthermore the course selection book i have is for first year courses but i have placed out of most of the first year courses with AP credit, what should i do....is it ok to go into orientation almost completely clueless as to what courses you are going to take?</p>
<p>Yes..you will have sophmore standing. That will have no implication on your course selection 1st semester, although you will find yourself registering a bit earlier than other '10s for winter semester. That being said, the differance isn't huge, so don't expect to be getting into 400 levels with ease. You should try and make a pretty good list of courses that you are interested in, although its not like the academic advisors expect you to have your 4 year plan written out. </p>
<p>You can certainly look at some of the 2-300 level courses, but depending on the department, there may not be much space as the rest of campus has already registered. Also, seeing as it is your 1st semester of college work, those upper level classes may expect too much too soon from you. Consider taking care of some distributives or doing your 1st year writing requirement. Remember that AP credit DOES NOT cover distributive, so even though you might have 10 bio and chem credits, you still have to do your nat sci distributive. </p>
<p>Remember though, you will have a lot of help at orientation, so don't freak out too much...just at least try to have some idea of what you want to take.</p>
<p>KB</p>
<p>You might get into Junior standing prematurely, which means you'll be paying more tuition...so if some AP credits are useless, I would consider dropping them if you do get into Junior standing early. Check with an advisor first though.</p>
<p>I have about 35 College credits that will transfer, so am I in the same position?</p>
<p>Yeah. Extra credits don't really get you anything besides a slightly earlier registration date (which doesn't make much of a difference) and increased tuition. Basically you can just tell the university to ignore some of your AP/transfer credits. For example, I have 5 credits for Bio 162 from AP biology. I never plan on taking a biology course or any course requiring bio 162 as a prerew, so I could tell the university to ignore that AP test and not give me credit. Just keep in mind that the change is permanent, so if you ever end up needing those credits later on, you're SOL.</p>
<p>Alright, but most of mine are general prereqs, English 1,2, Calc, Humanities, Econ, Govt</p>
<p>Well, unless you plan on taking more econ courses or doing a major with econ classes as prereqs, then you could tell them to not count those credits, for example. The problem with AP credits is that they can only count for concentration prerequisites and place you into higher classes. So even if you have AP credit for english, you still have to take a freshmen writing class and an upper level writing class and humanities distributions at U of M. In some cases, AP credits end up just meaning that you have to take a 200 or 300 level class for distribution as opposed to an easy 100 level class on stuff you're already familiar with. Personally, I'd prefer the more challenging material, but some people like taking it easy. If your credits are transfer credits, then it's possible that you could have them count towards distribution.</p>
<p>Awesome, either way, I'd love the more challenging courses, I need to get into ROss somehow</p>
<p>well, in that case, GPA may be more important...</p>
<p>so about the AP credits, do they just take the place of electives to achieve the 120 credits to allow you to graduate sooner?</p>
<p>Other than the ones that are prereqs for your concentration...yes.</p>