<p>Hi, I'm a senior at a HS in Rhode Island. I have taken many courses at URI and many APs throughout highschool (beginning sophomore year). I have 4.0 URI and 3.7 HS GPAs, as well as a 2240 SAT. I will have filled many of the URI graduation requirements (for French major) by the time of graduation. This would mean I would require only one year of undergrad. Should I extend this? I know I'm interested in French, modern languages, and linguistics, but I'm very confused. I'm really looking for some guidance because I don't feel prepared and my future is really stressing me out. Can I go to grad school? Should I go to a school that won't accept as many credits? I don't understand the process. </p>
<p>thanks so much for your help.</p>
<p>So are you basically asking if you should only take one year of college because you have so many APs and therefore college credits that you’re wondering if you should just jump to grad school after a year of undergrad?</p>
<p>Some colleges limit the amount of AP credits you can use. You should take a look at what colleges you want to apply to first, and find out what their policies on APs and credits are before you start flipping out. More prestigious colleges are very picky about APs and Dartmouth doesn’t take them anymore.
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<p>You may want to talk to your guidance counselor; that’s what their job is for lol.</p>
<p>My personal opinion is that you should at least go through three years of undergrad. I’m fairly certain that you’re going to learn a lot of important things that you’ll miss out otherwise if you jump to grad school, and just because you got good scores on AP exams doesn’t necessarily mean you solidly know the content.</p>
<p>Hope this was a bit of help, I don’t know a great deal about the system either.</p>
<p>Usually the AP credits would only be applied to your general ed courses. It doesn’t matter how many AP credits you say you have earned, as the previous poster pointed out, there is usually a limit that almost every college/university sets. General ed coursework is usually completed in the first two years at college. You would still need to take the credits required to satisfy your major requirements.</p>
<p>Well, I do have plenty of AP credits, but I also have a lot university credits from the college I plan on going to. I agree that I’m not very prepared and would benefit more from additional schooling. I think that because my credits were earned at the university they’ll take those, and I should get at least some AP credits as well as URI isn’t very prestigious. Thanks for the help and I think I’ll take your advice to take my time :)</p>
<p>Make an appointment with the undergraduate advisor in your department, and another one with the admissions office. Find out which credits would count as what, and see just how close you really are to graduation. Ask about all of your options. It may make sense to accelerate through your undergrad education so that you can have a couple years to do interesting internships or jobs before applying to grad school. It also might make sense to take it slow, study abroad, intern somewhere, collect another major or a useful minor, and graduate more or less on schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks happymomof1 ill try to get ahold of someone to help me work things out :)</p>