<p>Has anyone taken this course who ALSO took AP Economics or its equivalent in high school (IB, A-Level)? If so what are your thoughts, is it worth taking despite the fact that your AP/IB/A-Level exempts you? How basic is the course?</p>
<p>Also about advanced credit in general. If I qualify, for instance in the case of Principles of Economics, can I get my exemption once I get to Columbia or do I have to wait a year (which is the impression I get from the website)? I mean if I wanted to start on Intermediate micro/macro but wanted to skip Principles would that mean I had to wait an entire year? This is the bit I'm referring to on the website:</p>
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The actual determination of advanced credit will be done after the student matriculates in accordance with stated departmental and College policies and will be awarded upon completion of the first year at Columbia.
<p>i did IB econ HL, skipped principles, went to intermediate macro first semester - the best decision i ever made. talk to the econ dept when they have the academic majors session, ask them if you qualify to skip, and then register for intermediate something if you do. unless you have a very heavy calc background i'd say macro's better than micro. although you need to be taking calculus III or higher alongside marco. marco's fantastic because the professor (sala-i-martin) is a superstar, a genius, an entertainer and a great teacher all in one.</p>
<p>That policy means that the credits don't officially get posted on your transcript until the summer after your first year. You can ask right away what you're entitled to.</p>
<p>I took Principles after taking AP Econ and it was a joke. I didn't go to class at all and was able to get an A after studying for a couple hours. I didn't learn much.</p>
<p>Darn... Principles with ECONGOD (we'll refer to him as that for now so I still have some minute chance of making it into that class) is already filled.</p>
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<p>thats true AND if you were to try to get him to sign your add/drop form he would only do so after all the upperclassmen so in other words you have no chance in hell.</p>
<p>Yes i was referring to Gulati. Darnnn--- should I take it with the other guy (Edward Steinberg) instead or wait until my sophmore year? I've heard that Principles with Gulati is AMAZING, and really don't want to pass that up. On the other hand, I've studied economics for 2 years now (2 years IB, 1 year AP concurrent) so I'm not sure if I should take Principles. </p>
<p>The other instructors are Edward Steinberg and Caterina Musatti. My friend TA'ed for the latter and said she was absolutely miserable and that even the TA's complained about her. Anyone know anything about Edward Steinberg? Can't seem to find him on CULPA for this class.</p>