<p>Freshman Seminar are just classes on various topics, I've heard good things about some and bad things about some others. I didn't take one. They are generally DI, which for many people is the most annoying distribution to fill.</p>
<p>You can easily fill D3(Math/Science), and D2(humanities/soc sci) type classes with AP exams. D1 classes tend to be language classes like the english classes, foreign languages, but also other stuff like philosophy and such. That one is hard to fill with AP credit as the AP English exams and the AP foreign language exams don't count.</p>
<p>But the distribution system at Rice is much more lax compared to a lot of places, I don't think it is hard to fill and you really shouldn't worry about it.</p>