<p>I took calculus ab today and I'm 100% that I got a 5 on it. It says on the columbia website that I will receive 3 credits for this as long as I complete Calc II with a C or higher.</p>
<p>My question is, if I want to start 1st semester in Calc I and then do Calc II second semester, will I receive 3 creds for calc I, 3 creds for calc II, and 3 creds for ap calc ab??
Or will they not give me credit for calc ab since I am starting at the intro level 1st semester?</p>
<p>Question#2, I have 5s in spanish lit and spa lang, will I receive 3 credits for each, or will they only count one?? Then it says I need to take minimum a 3200 level spanish course and earn at least a B. What if I don't want to take spanish at all in college? what happens to those credits?</p>
<p>Last question, if I take a couple of classes in a community college this summer, will I receive credit for those courses?? (I'm thinking econ or stats)
Are those worth doing? Is it worth trying to place out of those intro classes frosh year or is it better to start from scratch there?</p>
<p>Oh, one more, is there a full list somewhere of placement exams we can take during orientation?? I know there's foreign language... anything else? I heard something about placing out of the music core class, but I don't remember. Does anyone know anything about this?</p>
<p>Here’s what I know for SEAS (not sure which you’re in):</p>
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<li><p>If you get a 4/5 on AB or 4 on BC, you MUST go right to Calc II. Regardless of CC/SEAS, I doubt they’d let you double count the 3 credits for AP Calc as well as Calc I.</p></li>
<li><p>If you get a 4/5 on Spanish Lang and/or Lit, you get 3 credits for each. No idea how this plays out regarding the CC foreign lang requirement.</p></li>
<li><p>If Gulati is still teaching Principles of Econ in 09-10, I’d go for it instead of doing Intro to Econ at a community college. It’s up to you, though.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Here’s the info on summer classes:</p>
<p>Undergraduate students may obtain academic credit toward the B.S. degree by completing course work at other accredited institutions. Normally, this credit is earned during the summer. To count as credit toward the degree, a course taken elsewhere must have an equivalent at Columbia and the student must achieve a grade of at least C. The institution must be an accredited four-year college. To transfer credit, a student must obtain prior approval from his or her adviser and the department before taking such courses. Courses may only be taken elsewhere if a student is behind in points. A course description and syllabus should be furnished as a part of the approval process. Courses taken before the receipt of the high school diploma may not be credited toward the B.S. degree. A maximum of 6 credits may be credited toward the degree for college courses taken following the receipt of a high school diploma and initial enrollment.</p>
<p>Now, I’ve got a question. The bulletin says a 4/5 on AP Physics B will earn 3 credits, but no exemption is granted. If I have 5’s on Physics B, C Mech and C E&M, but take the lowest level intro physics sequence (1401), can I still count the 3 credits from Physics B towards the degree? Or is Phys 1401 a repeat of AP Physics B, just like Calc I is a repeat of AP Calc AB?</p>
<p>yeah, they won’t give you credit for the same f-ing thing, so no you can’t get 9 credits out of 2 classes and an AP that’s supposedly equivalent to one of them.</p>
<p>For physics, even though I never took AP physics, they won’t give you the AP credit in addition to intro physics. Additionally, 1401 actually isn’t the lowest level physics sequence, 1201 is. 1201-1202 covers the pre-med stuff in 2 semesters while 1401-1403 covers it in three. Essentially, 1201-1202 is like 1401-1403 minus the calculus. Pre-meds take 1201-1202 for pre-med requirements, and SEAS kids take 1401-1403 because it’s required (or at least the first two parts of it, 1401-1403 are required for SEAS). And really nerdy smart kids who’re really good at physics take 1601-1602 as intro physics, which is an advanced version of the 1400 sequence.</p>
does this mean that if we’re admitted to SEAS, it’s a waste of time to take the Physics C AP test? i was going to start at 1401 regardless, but i figured i could get some kind of credit for the Physics C Mech test. probably not, right?</p>
<p>SEAS doesn’t require foreign language. I wasn’t sure whether OP was CC/SEAS, hence “no idea how this plays out regarding the CC foreign lang requirement.”</p>
<p>If you’re going to start out in Phys 1401 or 1601, there’s no point taking the AP Physics C test. You only get credit for Physics C if you complete the advanced physics sequence (2801).</p>
<p>metsfan, since all SEAS kids have to take at least 1401, and no credit is given for AP Physics B in addition to intro physics, why would they list “Physics B, 3 credits, no exemption” in the SEAS bulletin?</p>
<p>I could be a bit off with the SEAS requirements since I’m CC and my knowledge of SEAS stuff consists mostly of what I’ve learned from friends…it may be possible that there are some majors in SEAS for which you’re not required to take physics, but everyone I’ve known in SEAS has taken physics, so I think for most (but I guess not all) SEAS majors you’re required to take physics.</p>