Is it just me or do none of our APs seem to count?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Seems to me like a lot of our AP 5s are useless unless they are part of our major as they dont count towards the general distribution requirements
<a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu/rules/2010.html#b[/url]”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/rules/2010.html#b</a></p>

<p>sigh…so much for taking so many ap tests…</p>

<p>For instance:
As I dont see what the credit could be applied to, is there any point to taking the English Lang/Lit AP tests?</p>

<p>I mean I understand taking the classes are what helped us get into Penn, but I guess I expected it to be worth more. </p>

<p>Or am I just confused about the usefulness of the credits?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>No, you're right, they are pretty useless unless you want to graduate early. They don't even help with double majors either since most AP credit disappears when taking the next level of the course</p>

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<p>Only if you're in the college...</p>

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<p>this makes any sort of studying this year even harder than it already was...</p>

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<p>what if you're in engineering?</p>

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<p>I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure it only applies to the college. </p>

<p>Ask your advisor.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I planned on getting 5's on like all my exams, but it is looking more and more like 1s and 2s all around. I have no motivation at ALL.</p>

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<p>do they care iff we completely fail?....because it looks a tad appealing. not failing, but not studying.</p>

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<p>I've been looking to see if this applies to Wharton without luck, so if it does, I don't think its said anywhere on the Wharton website. Nevertheless, I could only find stuff on 09, so that may explain it.</p>

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<p>Penn does not care what we score on my AP exams this year - I've never heard a case where a college pulls acceptance because of bad AP marks senior year</p>

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<p>I agree that AP scores won't get your admission rescinded.</p>

<p>Directly from advisors:</p>

<p>"Yes Wharton's AP policy is not changing for you. However, the admissions policy on what exams give you credit and for which course and what score might change. They haven't updated it yet for the class of 2010."</p>

<p>"The new AP policy only applies to students in the College."</p>

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<p>you can report only the AP scores you want to, I got a 1 on a test junior year and just left it off when i applied early.</p>

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<p>It's even worse for IB. Raw deal.</p>

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<p>For freshman in Wharton pretty much the only thing AP will do for you first year is if you get a 5 in micro and macro you can skip the intro econ class you take first semester. Also I think a 5 on the AP foreign language exams will place you out of the language requirement allowing you to take a different class.</p>

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<p>Are you serious? I thought the whole university followed the same policy?</p>

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<p>So I'm in Wharton. I have a 5 on Chem AP and will likely get a 5 on at least one of the Physics C exams. Will I still have to take additional hard sciences courses as part of the distribution?</p>

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<p>how do calc BC and physics C and chemistry and biology help wharton? sorry, do they help any in wharton?</p>

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<p>This is their new policy starting for the Class of 2010?</p>

<p>****.</p>

<p>All my AP's can still count as prerequisite courses though right?</p>

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<p>Man... I'm an engineering major, so I looked up all the stuff about APs--but found out too late. This whole thing is a MONEY-SUCKING monopoly! Grr... So, the main site for APs said that they give certain credit, etc. for APs... But, for engineering, nothing counts for crap--except Calc, it'll get you out of first semester. Other than that, the Chem, Bio, and Phys AP count for such miniscule credit that it doesn't matter, because your courses start off at a higher level. i.e. AP credit gets you Bio 091, but you start off at Bio 111 or something like that anyways. Really, doesn't count for anything. :(</p>

<p>Anyways, I guess it's good prep for college but a pain in the butt.</p>

<p>***NOTE: my comments apply to bioengineering. Check out the links below:
<a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/curriculum/ap/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/curriculum/ap/&lt;/a> (Remember: There's also a diff between AP tests and placement tests.)
<a href="http://www.bio.upenn.edu/programs/undergraduate/information/#what_to_take%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bio.upenn.edu/programs/undergraduate/information/#what_to_take&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/curriculum/BSE/2009/req/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/curriculum/BSE/2009/req/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Just take the placement exam and get out of Bio, Chem, Calc, etc... Penn has placement exams while others do not, so take advantage of that.</p>