<p>How is economics at dartmouth ???</p>
<p>No core (few colleges have one). Econ is one of Dartmouth's strongest departments.</p>
<p>There is a distribution requirement where certain numbers of classes must be taken across various academic areas. Also, there is certain core writing requirements.</p>
<p>And a foreign language requirement</p>
<p>And a swimming + P.E. requirement!</p>
<p>You can get out of some of these though. A 770CR gets you out of writing 5 (never understood this, shouldn't they use the writing score?), a 5 on the AP test in a foreign language (may be 5 in literature too?) gets you out of the language requirement.</p>
<p>a 690+ on a language subject test also exempts one from the language proficiency requirement.</p>
<p>i thought you could also be exempt with a 4 on either AP spanish/ spanish lit?</p>
<p>Can someone link me up? How do I find information about what scores on SAT/ APs help waive off distributive requirements? (besides the Advanced placement chart credit list)</p>
<p>Ap chart</p>
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<p>Writing 5 and first year seminar</p>
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<p>On that sheet, where it says something like “Chemistry 5 credit,” does that mean that if you get the required AP score you simply place out of that class? Or does it count as one of your 35 credits needed to graduate? And if so, is there a maximum of how many credits you can acquire through APs? Also, does the credit count towards the 8-or-whatever-it-is courses you need in that department for your major? Does it also fill distributive requirements? Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>A 5 on the AP chem exam will give you credit for chem 5 Will fulfill the SLA distrib requirement</p>
<p>Maybe I misunderstood sybbie’s post, but AP credits do not fulfill distributional requirements (distribs). Chem 5 does fulfill the SLA (science with lab) requirement though.</p>
<p>If you scored a 5 on AP Chem, you get credit for Chem 5 (listed as CR on Banner), which does count toward your 35 required credits for graduation.</p>
<p>my bad, what I meant to say was you can use AP credits to reduce the number of courses you need to graduate but you must still fulfill the distribution requirements</p>
<p>Great, thanks! So the Chem AP (earning credit for Chem 5) specifically does actually get you out of the science w/ lab requirement?</p>
<p>^^No. AP credits don’t satisfy distribs.</p>
<p>Okay. And could I potentially get five credits through APs or is there a max? If so I would only have to take 30 classes over my 12 academic terms?</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s a limit. Make sure you’re getting a credit, not an exemption.</p>
<p>And yeah, if you were to get 5 credits, you would only have to take 30 classes to graduate. That’s why plenty of people don’t take any classes their senior spring! They’ve finished all of their requirements, so they just stay on campus doing research and having a great time before they graduate.</p>