Do all my AP units apply to my required graduation units?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>I've taken 8 AP classes throughout my high school career and around 10-12 exams. I'm checking my ucsb gold account and it shows the AP exams that I've passed as well as the number of units I get from each one. 5 AP exams have 8.0 units while one has 4.0 units which I think means that I have 44.0 units accumulated.</p>

<p>Is it wrong? Or do I really have 44.0 units without having even completed my first quarter as a freshman? And how come some of my AP creds don't transfer over to ucsb? For example, I passed both AP World History and AP U.S history with a 4 on both exams yet the student adviser in orientation told me I still need to fulfill the GEs for that area. I'm honestly lost.</p>

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<p>Here is the chart of AP credits at UCSB. Each school accepts AP classes differently. My older son attends UCD and received 38 units of credit, but did not get out of any GE classes. There is no equivalent course at UCSB for AP World History and US History, so get units but no GE credit. Welcome to the UC’s. If you wanted generous AP credit, the Cal States are the place to go. My younger son got credit for 7 AP courses and got out of 5 classes which helped fulfill some GE’s and major pre-req classes.</p>

<p><a href=“UC Santa Barbara General Catalog - Advanced Placement Credit and Chart”>http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/Catalog/2011-2012/UndergraduateEducation/APCreditandChart.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It is correct. Many of the corresponding courses may not contribute toward your major, and so those units will become free elective units, but yes, all units contribute toward your total unit count. Typically, GEs require more than one course in a given GE area. Ignore the student adviser, consult a real adviser in your major/pre-major department .</p>

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<p>The link above is for 2011; I doubt it has changed, but here is the link for 2014 <a href=“UC Santa Barbara General Catalog - Advanced Placement Credit and Chart”>http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/current/UndergraduateEducation/APCreditandChart.aspx&lt;/a&gt;

You really do, which means that you are 1 unit away from being a sophomore! AP credit is like funny money; it helps when you want it such as in terms of accumulating units towards graduation or satifying GE requirements, but you can ignore it (most of the time) if you don’t want it. As the page linked says, “Advanced Placement credit earned prior to entering the university will not be counted toward maximum unit limitations either for selection of a major or for graduation.” About the only time you can’t ignore it is if they gave you credit for a specific UCSB class; you can’t retake that same class.

According to the chart US History counts as 1 course in area D of the GE requirements.</p>