<p>I recently spoke with one of the admissions officers from Haas, regarding pre-existing credits taken from a CC or given through AP exams. She informed me that students with numerous credits given through CCs or AP exams would not be looked at as competitively as those who received credit through Berkeley. This concerned me because I have a high number of credits, all of which are lower-division transferable. I was wondering how many current Haas students completed accreditation at places other than Berkeley and how many credits they received. Also, any thoughts?</p>
<p>I sure hope not. I took a lot of classes at a CSU in high school and have lots of credit. That seems so dumb that you would be penalized because you took the initiative during high school to complete college prerequisites.</p>
<p>You should be perfectly fine as long as you don't purely rely on AP credits to show yourself off.</p>
<p>If you basically float on AP credits and take the easiest courses available, then apply, then they don't look very kindly upon that... which is rather logical.</p>
<p>If you have AP credits, use it to explore other sectors.</p>
<p>Besides, realize that there is a possibility you will NOT get into Haas, thus you should take some classes that interest you that fulfill breadth requirements in order to go smoothly into Economics.</p>
<p>I'm on the other side. Since I don't have that much AP credits, I think I have to take most of the prerequisites for Haas admission. </p>
<p>Am I disadvantaged in HAAS admission because I might take more time(?) completing college courses while other students had already received college credits through AP's? </p>
<p>Can someone please me help me out on this...</p>
<p>The most comforting message would be "No, not at all."</p>
<p>The truth is far more likely perhaps, somewhat, because if the students who have AP credits are able to skip out on lower division classes and jump directly into upper-division classes, you're disadvantaged on level of course rigor in consideration.</p>
<p>Realize, however, that those with AP credits still need to do well in those courses... and if they forgo the courses altogether, and decide to float on their high school accomplishments, they are probably worse off than you are.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that they have a low view of AP credits/other college courses in general, and are far more impressed by Berkeley courses.</p>
<p>I'd say you aren't out of the race yet by a long shot.</p>