<p>Those of you who are going to college as a sophmore (because of AP, dual enrollment etc) are you guys still gonna to be in college for 4 years? If not then what are you going to do after college? Are you gonna do an internship or such or get your Masters or ?? Thanks for answering.</p>
<p>I'll have tons of AP and dual enrollment, but the colleges I am looking at do not give credit for ANY of it. </p>
<p>Looking forward to four years of college, a Masters,. . .</p>
<p>I have a lot of AP/IB credit, probably enough for sophomore standing, but because of my major (architecture), I will be in college for five years. I'll have to do an internship after college to be licensed regardless, at this point I'm not planning on doing a Master's.</p>
<p>Well... I'm not doing that myself, but I know a guy who is... he's doing in mainly because of financial reasons. He's going through college in three years and then heading out to work (he wants to be an actuary and therefore doesn't see the need to get anything more than an undergraduate level degree)</p>
<p>I could've gone into college as a second-semester sophomore if I'd wanted to, but it would've meant sacrificing some great acceptances in order to save money. It depends on what you want to do--it will certainly save you money, and 3 years of the college experience might be all you can handle. Probably the best thing to do is to decide later on. You can go in and take credit for your APs and stuff and either take the normal number of classes and take electives in your spare time, or you can go in and take fewer classes per semester.</p>
<p>i graduated hs with college units and entering as a sophomore. right now, my plans are to go through 3 years and then see if i want to take another year to double major or minor if i can afford it financially.</p>
<p>I'm entering college with 24 credits (32 is sophomore standing at USC), and I would never ever even consider spending any less than 4 years there. I know people who have graduated college in 3 years, and ALL of them say they wish they would have stayed for a 4th year. You only go to college once, why rush your way thru it? I'm pursuing a double major, so my credits make that a LOT easier for me to do.</p>
<p>I'm still a rising senior, who doesn't intend to do this, but I know of people from my school who have started as first or second semester juniors. I don't know if any have actually graduated in 2 years though. I don't see the point personally, just because you can doesn't mean you should.</p>
<p>You should just savor the four years you have before you have to head off to work/Graduate school. University intro classes are often quite helpful and not to mention that most of the top institutions don't take much AP credit.</p>
<p>Is AP/IB the only way to do this? Or can you use CLEP and institutional placement exams too? My school doesn't have advanced classes, but I don't want that to be a disadvantage.</p>
<p>Its not a disadvantage. If your school doesn't have that, then it won't be held against you in the application process. I know sooo many people who enter college without any sort of credit, whether it be because they didn't take AP classes or their school just doesn't accept AP credit.</p>
<p>Well, of course it won't be a disadvantage in the admissions process, but as far as getting credit for introductory courses...</p>
<p>Even without IB/AP, you can take dual enrollment classes</p>
<p>Most high level colleges will only accept AP/IB credit as elective credit. Some will accept AP scores for your core requirements. I'm pretty sure most schools won't allow you to apply those credits towards major requirements. </p>
<p>Institutional placement exams will not get you credit. They just place you in higher level classes without giving you credit for the lower level classes. If you test into Spanish 3, you won't be given credit for Spanish 1 and 2.</p>
<p>I don't know what CLEP is. lol... sorry.</p>
<p>I'm a rising senior, and with dual enrollment at the local CC and IB/AP credits I will be entering college with around 34-40 semester credits. However, due to my major (chemical engineering), I will still take 4 years to graduate. But it will make my schedule a lot easier, especially considering my major.</p>
<p>i agree that staying all four years is worth the fun. who wants to work anyways, especially since you have the rest of your life.</p>
<p>i think i'll take time to enjoy some fun courses like surfing or wakeboarding, maybe golf too. lol</p>
<p>but it's like the same situation, why would you want to graduate hs early. senior year is the best.</p>