<p>Can someone who is currently attending UCLA answer some questions about AP credits, especially with regards to graduate school?</p>
<p>1) Do AP credits at UCLA count for GEs or just units toward graduation?
2) Do AP credits count toward prereqs for grad schools (ie. medical, pharmacy, etc.)? (I heard they do not.)
3) Do summer school classes (even from community colleges) count toward GEs or grad school prereqs?
4) Did I forget anything? Just a general overview regarding the treatment of AP credit in general?</p>
<p>The questions I ask regarding grad school (2&3) are more geared toward the most prestigious schools with the strictest requirements (ie. UCSF, UCSD, Ivys, privates, etc.)</p>
<h1>2 seems pretty obvious</h1>
<p>Here are the ones I know for sure.</p>
<ol>
<li>No.</li>
<li>Yes to GEs (depending on if they transfer, check assist.org )</li>
</ol>
<p>As far as I know, AP credit’s kinda useless, though they get you out of some classes or placement exams (depending on score and your major). Like if you get a 4 or 5, you can get out of Chem 20A, though if you’re pre-med, you shouldn’t do that since grad schools don’t take AP credit. Another example is if you get a certain score on the American History or Government exam (forgot how high) and you get out of the college requirement of American Institutions or some thing like that. Or you pass Calculus or Stats, you can get out of your quantitative reasoning requirement.</p>
<p>But, I don’t believe they get you out of any GE requirements.</p>
<p>The only thing that AP credit is actually super useful for is that it gives you class standing. i.e. junior, sophmore. Meaning, you get to sign up for your classes earlier. Which is HIGHLY important. </p>
<p>After thought: If you get a 4 or 5 on any English exam, you don’t have to take a writing I class (Eng Comp 3).</p>
<p>Just realized that silvercross covered everything I was going to say. But for emphasis: class standing. If you have about 45 units after the first quarter, you’ll enroll with the sophomores for winter. If you have 90 units, you’ll enroll as a junior. Any extra AP units can help you move up class standing a quarter earlier. Having a higher standing means your enrollment appointment can be as much as two days earlier, which helps a lot.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve heard that grad schools don’t like pre-reqs taken at CC’s, even if they’re technically allowed. Not sure exactly how true that is.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. I’m just wondering because I’m thinking about trying to bypass some frivolous classes in order to free up time to take classes that truly interest me. If anyone can clear up any of the points, please do!</p>
<p>Click the link for the college you are in, the table should give you a good idea of how you can use AP credits.
[AP</a> Credit - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/APCredit.htm]AP”>Transferring Credits | UCLA Undergraduate Admission)</p>