<p>Well currently I'm a high school senior and I'm taking a lot of AP tests this year but i'm thinking about beyond college. I would like you guys to give your insights and experience about AP Credits and going to graduate school. Do they view students with tons of AP Credits favorably because it shows maturity or is this looked down upon because AP classes are easier than college courses? Or somewhere in between?</p>
<p>I would especially like the views from people who have taken 10 or more AP tests.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>-Justin</p>
<p>Graduate schools don’t care about AP credit. There are about 1000 other things they care about more than AP credit…GPA, research, MCAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, recommendations, extracurriculars, relevant work experience…and this is all stuff I’m coming up with off the top of my head.</p>
<p>I had a friend who came into college with 90 credits (we were on quarters) so he was technically a junior after one quarter. He graduated in 3.5 years. In most cases, you’ve banged out your elective courses, but you won’t test out of major courses. </p>
<p>Like I said, grad schools don’t care about AP courses. They mean little, outside of the fact that you tried hard in high school. There’s a lot between point A and point B.</p>
<p>This will likely depend on your field of interest. </p>
<p>On the whole, I would say that you will probably not have problems if you use the APs as a way to then take higher-level classes. For instance, if you have credit for biology, go ahead and then take more advanced biology courses when you would have taken intro bio. You may run into problems if you simply use them to opt out of those subjects all together. Schools would like to see you taking classes at the college level, not miss out on subjects because of AP credit.</p>
<p>Professional schools have their own rules (medical schools are notoriously picky about AP credits), so be advised in that regard.</p>
<p>If you already have a career path in mind, your best bet is probably to pick some graduate programs you might be interested in and check out their websites for policies. That should give you a feel for what the expectations are.</p>
<p>You might find that AP credits aren’t a good substitute for the intro courses and if you skip the intro courses, you won’t have as strong of a footing in the more advanced courses that you will take later on. In a cumulative setting, like biomedical science, missing bio 101 or gen chem, may set you back quite a bit.</p>