Math 218 Probability for Business

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Hi! To students who have taken this class.. </p>

<p>I took AP stats in high school with high A's both semesters (my school has a VERY good AP stats program), but a 3 on ap exam (I suck at standardized tests unfortunately) so I don't think I can pass out of it =( How strict are they with the AP credit rules..? I also took Finite Math which requires AP stats and received an A. If I have to take math 218, I will feel like I took stats for 3 years :(</p>

<p>Anyway, in case I have to retake it, how difficult is it to earn an A?</p>

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<p>I think @ SC, you get credit for a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam... but I could be wrong. There's a link somewhere that explains USC's AP credit policy. maybe someone here knows where that is.</p>

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<p>USC's AP credit policy</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexams.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexams.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>They're pretty loose, but in this case I think you might have to take it anyways </p>

<p>Typically, 3 gets you elective credit and 4/5 gets you subject credit/course waivers.</p>

<p>But if you have to take it, it might not be that bad, if you already know all of it - it'll just boost your GPA some, as long as you don't blow it off.</p>

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<p>thanks for the replies :)</p>

<p>Does anyone know who is the best/easiest professor for math 218?</p>

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<p>does anyone know if i can use my AP scores converted to credits so that i can satisfy the amount of credits needed to transfer into usc? thanks</p>

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<p>If USC accepts the AP score, I think it will count as an elective credit.</p>

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<p>so..how much is an elective credit worht?</p>

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<p>every AP exam is worth 4 credits regardless of how many semesters the exam covers. For example, physics and psychology will count as 4 credits although physics is one year course and psychology is one semester course.</p>

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<p>ok thanks!! i hope i can use these credits toward my transfer credits..</p>

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<p>But there's no physics exam corresponding to a 1 year college course. There's physics B which you get 4 units of credit for and is equivalent to one semester, and there's the two physics C exams, each of which is supposed to be one semester, and you each get 4 units for (so if you do both physics C exams you get 8 units)</p>

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<p>if you took BC calc do you get credit for the AB subset too so you get 8 units of credit, or do you just get credit for the BC part and not AB (doesn't make too much sense) and only get 4 units of credit.</p>

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<p>No, you can only get credit for BC or AB, and I don't believe they give credit for AB subscore anyway (though I'm not sure)</p>

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<p>According to collegeboard, physics B exam covers 1 year of college physics class and most schools give credits for two semesters.</p>