<p>I couldn't find the answer to this online, because all universities are different. But, in general, how many courses would colleges really let you skip with let's say, 17 AP courses?
Or, for example, how last year's California state AP scholar had twenty eight AP credits (I think, mostly 5s, too?). </p>
<p>Would you be able to skip General Education and start as a Junior with enough AP credits? And not AP credits in "useless" classes, but ones with importance.</p>
<p>For example, how many classes or years would someone with these APs get to skip?</p>
<p>Freshman
- (AP) Environmental Science
- (AP) European History
Sophomore
- (AP) Biology
- (AP) World History
- (AP) Art History
Junior
- (AP) Chemistry
- (AP) US History
- (AP) English Literature
- (AP) Spanish Language
- (AP) Calculus b/c
Senior
- (AP) Physics C: Mechanics
- (AP) Government
- (AP) Economics
- (AP) English Language
- (AP) Statistics
- (AP) Computer Science
- (AP) Human Geography</p>
<p>Assuming you have a 5 in each and every one of those, you have to determine not only if your University will accept them but whether your major will. If you are a bio major, you’d probably get credit for the Spanish, but may only get general credit for any sciences. You’d still get credit for AP bio, but may have to take Bio 102 or 201. Check your chosen school’s website; mine has a chart and it tells you how much credit you get, whether you need a 3, 4, or 5, and what it can be used for.</p>
<p>Where you will get a benefit is in registering for classes. You’ll have 40-50 credits, so you’ll get to register with the sophomores or juniors, which might be a big benefit to you. My nephew had 40 credits, but still expects to take 4 years to finish undergrad degree, but he’ll get to do a double major as many of his general credits are completed.</p>
<p>If you went to Brown you’d be a freshman. They only let you use AP’s for placing in a higher level course, they don’t give you credit for it, except in limited circumstances.</p>
<p>And one must truly ask why a student would choose to pursue a full-AP program rather than just heading off to college a year or two early either through a dual enrollment program or through early admissions.</p>
<p>By the way, these aren’t my classes, it’s just an example</p>
<p>Also, BrownParent, I might be applying to Brown. Out of curiosity, would they let me skip, per say, an introductory course for Chemistry, but not let me get the credit? Or would I have to take Chem again?</p>
<p>Since you are in California, the UCs are rather generous with credit units for AP tests, but subject credit and placement is significantly more limited and varies by campus, division, and major:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors]University</a> of California - AP credits<a href=“Note:%20for%20Berkeley%20Letters%20and%20Science%20majors,%20you%20need%20to%20go%20to%20the%20department’s%20web%20site%20to%20check%20each%20major’s%20AP%20credit%20policy,%20since%20the%20above%20web%20site%20only%20gives%20general%20Letters%20and%20Science%20requirements.”>/url</a></p>
<p>But note that if you will be taking a more advanced course in a subject for which you have AP credit for, it is a good idea to review the old final exams of the college courses that you are allowed to skip, in order to check that you know everything that the college expects students to know after completing the course.</p>
<p>At Brown, your first chemistry class presumes pretty good chemistry preparation, such as AP Chem. So no, you don’t get credit for AP Chem and you can’t place higher with just that as the class covers more. If you didn’t have AP Chem, you’d have to take a placement test and you might be required to take a remedial type class first, which is offered for no credit.</p>
<p>You might do better to ask about course requirements by college in the Brown, or other forums.</p>
<p>The answer to your question is, as it needs to be, definitive. The college board web site provides a table by exam, exam score and college, specifying what level of credit you will get at the college for which college course. You will need to have a college board ap account to access the table.</p>
<p>For the most rigorous/selective colleges, as for example the University of Pennsylvania, you almost always need a 5 to receive credit. For slightly less rigorous colleges a 4 may be sufficient.</p>
<p>Colleges may limit the number of AP credits that you can receive.</p>
<p>Is there a possibility to skip a year and a half, or more? For example, start off with enough credits to have finished your Freshman year, but not enough to have finished your Sophomore year.</p>
<p>At schools that give lots of credit units for AP tests, you may get a higher class standing (e.g. have junior standing in your first year), which may help for registration purposes. However, AP tests, if allowed for subject credit and/or placement, generally correspond to frosh-level courses, so it is unlikely that you will get more than a year ahead in progress toward your degree just through AP tests (it can be theoretically possible if your major does not have heavy requirements or long prerequisite sequences, but it would take very careful scheduling to graduate in fewer than 6 semesters even if you came in with maximum AP credit).</p>
<p>She earned 9 credits in math and could use 3 credits.
She earned 15 credits in History and could use 6 credits.
She earned 6 credits in English and could use none. </p>
<p>She now is paying the higher fee usually charged for Junior and Senior year in her 2nd year. She is not graduating early so will pay the higher tuition for 3 years instead of two.</p>