<p>I have been accepted into McGill and I am most likely going to be going there. I have a few questions about their policy on AP credits though. </p>
<p>I have taken multiple APs (US History, US Government/Politics, World History, AB Calculus, Psychology, Music Theory, and English Language; will be taking Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, English Literature, Chinese, Statistics, and Human Geography this year) and have gotten at least a 4 in all of the exams I have taken so far. I am hoping to get up to the 30 credits that McGill will give me for taking these tests. </p>
<p>I am thinking about going into some kind of International Development Studies or Industrial Relations (or maybe into Economics but I'm not too sure yet). But would McGill even exempt me from any classes? For example, I will be taking the Micro/Macro exams this year and expect a 4 on at least one of them. McGill gives the same credit for both of these (ECON1XX). However, I do not see an ECON1XX anywhere, but I see, for example, ECON208. </p>
<p>Am I perhaps looking in the wrong places? What is the point of getting credit for my AP classes if I still have to take certain classes? Does receiving AP credit give me any kind of "advanced standing" so that I could get a double major more easily (or maybe even graduating earlier, but I would like to get a double major)?</p>
<p>There are some previous threads on this forum regarding how McGill handles AP credits - you may wish to search for them. McGill does give you credit for any class for which you have received a 4 or better on an equivalent AP exam, but also be aware that McGill will not permit you to take that class at McGill for credit. </p>
<p>Credits you receive for AP exams will bump your standing to U1 if you have enough, and that will allow you (or force you, depending on how you look at it!) to declare a major which will allow you to register for certain classes that are not open to U0’s or to those who have not declared a major. </p>
<p>Whether or not AP credits will enable to graduate early depends entirely on the major you choose and whether or not your AP credits exempt you from any classes in that major.</p>
<p>I have looked at a few of them, but I found them a little bit unclear. I do know that McGill gives credit for certain classes, but the classes that they give credit for do not seem to match up with any of the classes that they offer that I have found. For example, they have an ECON199, but not an ECON1XX ([All</a> Courses | Programs, Courses and University Regulations - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2012-2013/courses/search]All”>All Courses | 2012–2013 Programs, Courses and University Regulations - McGill University))
Does the ECON1XX give credit for the ECON199 then? This is what confuses me.</p>
<p>I think the “1XX” is just a placeholder and there is no class with that actual number. My guess is that AP Macro and Micro Economics will exempt you from either Econ 208 and 209 or Econ 230D1 and 230D2. But of course that is just a guess and you would need to confirm with McGill! Econ 208/209 is for non-Econ majors or those minoring in Econ, and Econ 230D1/D2 is for Econ majors.</p>
<p>Your welcome! FYI, my D entered McGill last year as a freshman with 20 or so AP credits, but only two AP’s applied to classes that were required for her intended major. Even so, due to her AP credits she became a U1 at the beginning of winter term her first year and was able to declare her major (double major actually) at that time and register for classes for which she would otherwise not have been eligible as a U0. </p>