<p>I know the normal path takes four years to get a BA than an additional fifth year to get the BS in engineering. Is it possible, though, to get it in four years and exactly what would that entail doing?</p>
<p>it would depend on AP credits and how they could be used, maybe being placed out of language, you have 3 opportunities to take 4 classes a term. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that you will have a mandated off-term if not sophomore year, then junior year (in some instances, the school will make you sit out a term senior year, if you have not taken your leave term)</p>
<p>However unless money is a real issue and it is important to finish in 4 years, in stead of 5 I think you will have a really different experience at Dartmouth because all you will be doing is attending classes.</p>
<p>I do know that I have AP Spanish credit that will place me out of the language requirement. I'm hoping to get a 5 on AP Bio in May; and I have a 5 in AP English, but I don't think that'll do me any good because the other requirements. I only have a 4 in US History; I got a 5 in Stats and a 5 in BC Calc. Somethign tells me that won't quite cut it.</p>
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<p>I don' think you can use your AP credits to fulfill your distribution requirements.</p>
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Courses satisfying distributive requirements must be taken subsequent to college matriculation. Credits received prior to matriculation, even for courses which would qualify for one or more of these requirements if taken after matriculation, do not count, even though they receive course credit or advanced placement credit. Also, courses satisfying these requirements must be passed with a regular letter grade or CT (Credit); courses which are failed, or for which the regular grade has been replaced by NR due to the student's election of the Non-Recording Option, do not satisfy these requirements. Graduate courses (those numbered 100 or higher) never serve in satisfaction of any part of these requirements.</p>
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<p>So while you may get a bio credit, you will still have to met the distribution requirement of one lab science and one science w/o lab</p>
<p>I suppose that with respect to the science requirement, that can't be too difficult with an Engineering major where Physics is a required course. </p>
<p>Thanks for your input so far; anything further is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any experiences with knocking down the BS at Dartmouth in 4 years or whether or not such an idea is very feasible?</p>
<p>I'm not an engineering major myself, but I know for a fact its possible to get the BE in four years if you have AP credit.</p>
<p>This at least means:
Take Physics C and score a 5 on both tests. This will give you physics 3, 4 credit. Then orientation week, take the placement test to upgrade your credit to Phys 13, 14 credit. </p>
<p>Take AP Chem and score a 5. This will get rid of the Chem 5 requirement that engineering has. </p>
<p>Take AP Spanish Lit ( or french lit?), and score a 5. Or, take Spanish, and take the placement test during orientation which gives you Spanish 9 credit and exempts you from the foreign language requirement. If you don't know Spanish or French, learn ANY language well. During orientation, you can go to the department of the language you know, and they'll decide whether you're fluent enough to be exempt from the requirement. This saves you from having to take an entire 3 class sequence.</p>
<p>Take Calculus BC. Then you'll be able to go right on to Multivariative calc when you come to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Even without AP credit you can do it in four years. You just have to know from the beginning that that's what you want to do. People that do it in 5, generally do so because its a pretty intense workload to do in 4.</p>
<p>dckloud - registration for AP Tests at my school is over; and I got a 5 on Physics B last year, which I guess proves useless at Dart. The teacher wasn't willing to teach Physics C and it had never occurred to me at the time to self-study it. The same goes for Chem, back in 10th grade. I didn't study thinking I'd not need it and I only got a 4 - guess I should have studied and gotten the 5? For Spanish though, I took AP Spanish Language and got a 4 and though I get no credit, it'll exempt me from the language requirement freeing up some classes - 3 classes? I've also received a 5 on the BC, but will I be fine in Multivariable Calc though I took BC way back my sophomore year? For the Calc, my concern was that maybe at high school, not enough material was covered; and coupling that with the length of time it's been since I took it, it might be difficult for me to jump into Multivar. Beyond that, I get Stats credit and if I do well on Micro, I get that, too. </p>
<p>Bulldogbull - is that true? I am pretty sure - actually 99% sure - that I want to get an engineering major at this point so if I coordinate that with the counselors, is it possible to get it done in 4 years or will that be too intense? (Just how intense would it be?)</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I've also heard its possible to get the B.E. in 4 years without AP credit. But if you want to know for sure, try e-mailing the Engineering department.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, that thought had never occurred to me to actually shoot them an e-mail; so I did. I guess I always think of even universities and colleges as machines -- although Dartmouth does have more personable e-mails than some other colleges. Thanks for the suggestion; when I get a response, I will post that here.</p>
<p>Dartmouth professors are usually really good about replying to e-mails, because of the whole Blitz culture. Blitz is the really fast e-mail program and system that Dartmouth uses, and students and professors regularly communicate by e-mail.</p>
<p>I did it in four years. FYI, i had 5's in Calc BC and Chem. No physics. And I did 3 quarters of foreign language.</p>
<p>Did you have to take extra courses on some terms? Could you please explain how that was done and the workload, the intensity?</p>
<p>I took four courses a quarter 3 times, and also had one 2 course quarter. But those were unnecessary, because I had language exemption, but wanted to take a foreign language anyways. The workload isnt much; I never took more than 2 engineering sciences/quarter. One advice though, is to take four courses in freshman quarters. Freshman courses are easy.</p>
<p>So even with taking a language, it would really amount to only one quarter where you had to take four courses (this is under the assumption of course that scheduling works out nicely to accomodate it). </p>
<p>Just a quick question unrelated: do they offer Korean language courses?</p>
<p>Dartmouth just hired a professor to teach Korean, but he deferred his position for a year. He's coming sometime next year. I'd double-check with the Asian and Middle Eastern Literature and Languages (AMELL) Department though.</p>
<p>Does taking an extra class per quarter cost more money?</p>
<p>taking an extra class does not cost more money however, you only get to do it 3 times.</p>