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<p>If you got 5s on those tests, you do NOT need to take the introductory economics courses over. Even the econ department says so, and my daughter, who is an econ major, agrees with them. The AP courses (plus calculus) provide plenty of preparation for Intermediate Macroeconomics and Intermediate Macroeconomics.</p>
<p>I did not understand your email. What does it mean by you will get credit on both but be placed out of only one seminar.</p>
<p>You get credits (like a 3 credit class) for both of them (so you come into Cornell with 6 credits under your belt, 3 from one AP, 3 from the other AP) but you are only placed out of one FWS, and therefore must still take one FWS.</p>
<p>chendrix answered it for me</p>
<p>cc102 you make an excellent point! thanks for taking the time to say what i wanted to say (but couldnt!) </p>
<p>and i dont know if it’s just me but i feel like upper level courses are sometimes easier to do well in than introductory courses!</p>
<p>^ i totally agree! but then again, it might be because in the upper level courses, your grades aren’t really based on 3 major tests that are probably just standard multiple-choice scantrons. this semester, i took a 200-level class and then its 400-level class counterpart (aem 2300 and aem 4300) - i did better in 4300 and i think that’s probably because the classes were smaller and so more assignments were given - not to mention, they were far more interesting and thought-provoking assignments.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the answers, everybody! Clearly this issue is very debatable. I’m going to be a Govt major, and I’ll obviously have to take all government courses cuz i didn’t take ap gov. However, I got a 5 on AP Lang, so I think unless I can find a really interesting FWS I’ll place out of that. I’m a pretty good writer already and those FWSs sound like pains in the arse.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if you can use two English credits? I think I’m going to get a 5 on the AP Lit exam.</p>
<p>No, you can’t use two English credits.</p>
<p>As I said above, You will get 6 credits, but can only place out of 1 FWS.</p>