<p>Ok- going to the FTCAP end of June. Says to bring "any college course info or AP class". S taking 4 AP now, but grades aren't out til - when? end of July.... anyone know how PSU deals with this?</p>
<p>I tried calling the FTCAP line and got a guy who knew absolutely nothing.</p>
<p>Are any of his APs going to affect placement? DS’s did not so we didn’t worry about it and they eventually showed up on his PSU transcript.</p>
<p>AP scores are available the last week of June by phone and then in paper the first or second week of July. </p>
<p>If the AP scores are crucial to your major (ie- AP Chem and you are a Sci major), I would do one of two things when scheduling your classes:</p>
<p>1) Go with your gut feeling. If you think you got a 4 or 5 on your test then schedule classes that would be after it. For exampl,e you think you scored a 4 on AP Chem, so you would place out of Chem 110 and 111. So you would schedule Chem 112 and 113 for the fall.</p>
<p>2) Totally omit any classes related to the AP one required for yur major until Spring semester. For example, you don’t bother with Chem until spring semeter and take some GenEds or other majors reqs your first semester. </p>
<p>Any method works out fine in the long-run. Be sure to TALK to your advisor when your up here for your FTCAP dates. Also, don’t fret if 90% of the classes you need/want to take are filled up when you get here. That is normal. It comes with being at the bottom of the barrel status wise at Penn State. Some courses may reopen in the fall during the drop/add period but that is not a guarantee.</p>
<p>Thanks. He has a 5 in Chem already, so that moves him up a couple classes.</p>
<p>Now taking AP Bio, Math, Physics and Government. </p>
<p>A 4/5 is possible in the Bio, Math and Gov. Physics teacher, historically, does not get high scores.</p>
<p>He is going June 30 so maybe the scores would be ready by phone, Thanks for pointing that out! </p>
<p>on the FTCAP day, do you see someone 1 on 1 or is it a big group class pick thing? thanks</p>
<p>watch Bio, I know a 4 wont get you credit for a Bio class if your a hard life science related major, only a 5 will get him out of the intro bio class needed for a life science related major. </p>
<p>He did an awesome job on Chem, he is saving himself a TON of headache getting out of the intro chem classes up here. If he is planning on a science major than he would be taking Organic Chem in the fall, perhaps he will be in the same class as me. It’s arguabley the hardest class offered at Penn State. </p>
<p>On FTCAP, the scheduling will depend on his major. Some of the smaller majors met in a small group while other large majors met in a larger group. These large groups pretty much were all on your own shceudling after the prof told you how to do everything. It is pretty straightfoward though, and he more than likely change his schedule a few time before fall starts.</p>
<p>In the College of Engineering we started in a large group, broke down into classroom-size groups (25?) with a faculty advisor, then each student had some one on one time with the advisor to select courses. After that the kids went up to the computer lab to actually sign up for classes, while the parents had a Q and A session with one of the deans. It seems to me that course scheduling is somewhat fluid right up until classes start; if he keeps an eye out, he might be able to pick up classes he’s looking for over the summer. Students are not above over-loading their schedules until they make final course decisions, then dropping one or two classes.</p>
<p>Good info. Thanks.</p>
<p>He plans to major in Chemistry. Scares me to think his first year Organic chem is the hardest course. ugh. </p>
<p>Ok so it looks like chem is the only class AP score will change anything, and we already have that score. The others I guess (gov, physics, math, bio) won’t change things as much.</p>
<p>Surely plenty of kids come to the FTCAP days not knowing AP scores, since they start in early June and I figured there had to be a plan. </p>
<p>PSU appears organized. yes?</p>
<p>I was amazed at how smoothly things went. Being local, I thought I would send my S back on his own to get his id and computer account, but the lines were moving so swiftly there was really no reason to.</p>
<p>FTCAP up here went smoothly for me. It rained on my day and they had walking/program plans in place in case that happened and we barely got wet. </p>
<p>Sneakers- for a chem major here, physics and math are pretty important to his course sequencing. Chem majors go up to at least differential equations in math and take 12-creidts of calc physics. I suggest that you tell your S to bring it up to his advisor and see what he/she suggests he do.</p>
<p>Just be careful bringing in a lot of AP credits. Make sure they count for something and know going in that after your student gets 60 credits they will be considered an upper classmen and will be paying more tuition!! My son is in a five year program and we are paying four years of the higher tuition.We found out the hard way after receiving the bill.</p>