<p>Ok so in high school kids can always get private tutoring and stuff. But in college where do students get help? I guess if it's one question you can ask the professor but if you don't get the concept at all what do you do? Do you get peer tutoring or something? If you have a really good foundation in high school will you be set for college? Are AP courses really like college courses? And for med school is it better to take easy classes to boost up your gpa but make you look uncompetitive or challenging classes that look awesome but give you a lower gpa? I know hard and high gpa is the best. If I get a AP (but I heard a lot of schools don't accept it) would it be better to take the intro level course again or would it be better to take an honors or next level class? I heard that intro classes are actually more challenging that upper level classes sometimes because uppper level classes have fewer people so it's better to skip the intro level class. Is that true? And for UT southwestern medical school I looked online and it said it accepted some AP courses but it was confusing. Can someone help me with that please? Thanks. And if I have a AP bio and AP ceramics credits but AP ceramics can help me skip a class in college can I turn in the AP grade or would the med school view that poorly? Please help me.</p>
<p>I think you might be able to ask the professor for help, but there is certainly peer tutoring available on any/most campus. Obviously a really good foundation in high school would help you. It really depends on which class you’re taking and on the professor, but I don’t think AP courses are that similar to college courses. (But they prepare you for them significantly more than general classes) AP classes are about as difficult as the introductory classes in colleges. Generally, AP classes have many assignments throughout the year that count in your grade, but I believe that some classes in college might only have a few essays and midterms/finals that make up your grade. </p>
<p>If you’re applying to med school, it is must that you do well on the pre-requisite courses (the classes such as organic chemistry that medical schools require you to take before you apply.) Other than that, you should try to keep your GPA as high as possible, and take classes that interest you. If you qualify for AP credit, I personally think you should move onto a more advanced class. </p>
<p>I honestly don’t know about the “intro classes being more challenging than upper level classes.” That doesn’t make much sense to me, but it might be true since some intro courses try to weed out those who don’t belong/are not motivated enough to be in the class. </p>
<p>AP classes are supposed to gain you college credit, but I don’t think you can use them to fulfill your med school prerequisites (in your case, biology). Although maybe you could fulfill the calculus prerequisites with an AP Calculus BC 4/5</p>
<p>Thank you so much</p>
<p>I think my AP classes were definitely easier (grade-wise) than the college equivalent. In my AP science classes, we were given rediculous curves that made it look like we were doing well. In college, the same classes were weed-out classes, much faster-paced, and more material was covered. You may find it to be like this, or completely different.</p>
<p>Although AP classes are meant to be equivalent to College Intro courses in terms of content, I believe they are in reality easier. As for using AP scores, you will have to check on the individual medical school websites, as their policies do differ.</p>
<p>If you do have credit for AP ceramics (there is such a thing?) then it will probably be okay to skip it, as it is not a prerequisite for medicine anyway. You’ll just be able to take one less elective.</p>
<p>^ Ditto to both*.</p>
<p>*In the terms of complexity of material required to learn; however, AP courses do consist of a more voluminous amount of required/graded work.</p>