<p>How do schools set up freshman schedules not knowing Sr. AP class scores? Are adjustments made after July?</p>
<p>My oldest faced this last year with a ton of possible AP credit. He’s at a small LAC which has an early summer orientation. His adviser had him consider what credit he thought he was getting and based his schedule on that. If his scores came back differently, then they would have changed the schedule accordingly. His all worked out. The schools know that AP scores aren’t known until July. If they schedule early, they’ve done this before, and most likely have a procedure.</p>
<p>My kids went to big state u’s. They made a tenative freshman schedule at orientation and later got online at home and tweaked their schedules as needed before the semester started. It wasn’t a big deal. Kids are always dropping and adding right up until the first day of class.</p>
<p>Another thing that a student can do is look for old final exams of the courses for which the expected AP scores may allow skipping. Then try the final exams to check one’s knowledge to make a more informed decision about whether or not to the skip the course. (Of course, if the AP score comes out lower than expected, the college may not allow skipping even if the student finds the college’s final exams to be easy.)</p>
<p>Checking the old final exams of courses that can be skipped is a good idea even if the student already knows his/her AP scores.</p>
<p>Of course, if the course that may be skipped is not a prerequisite for anything else the student may take, then there is no real need to repeat one’s AP credit on it.</p>
<p>That is a huge flaw in the system. My D’s university gets out in mid-June, so freshman registration started later than at many schools. We booked the first orientation available after the AP score release date.</p>
<p>Be careful if frosh registration priority is based on orientation date, in which case those at later orientations get last choice of courses and times.</p>
<p>At my kids’ undergrad, you’re allowed to assume that you passed and sign up for the next higher class. If later you find out you didn’t pass, then you adjust down.</p>
<p>I emailed that question to my sons school. The reply was they would not schedule him for that subject and then he could add that subject later. The problem with that is he had too many AP’s score he would be waiting for so… I made sure and scheduled his orientation for after the AP release in July.:)</p>
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<p>Yes, that is why it was nice that D’s school’s registration started late. I think we were still in the 2nd group, even in July.</p>
<p>Registation for 1st semester classes is a pet peeve of mine. Schools have scores of openings in the “101” classes, but if AP scores let the freshman skip them, often the next level of the class will be full. Other schools are not so honest or helpful, enrolling them in classes that “all freshmen take” even if the student doesn’t need them due to AP scores. Schools make a big deal out of the student registering without mom and dad, but then the kids may end up in classes they don’t need.</p>
<p>Thanks for replies, will make sure school has APs and likely scores . ;)</p>
<p>At my D’s school, one can’t schedule the higher level class until the AP score comes in. During orientation she separately had meetings with people in math dept. who offered to put a temporary waiver for the Calc BC score into the system enabling her to schedule 3rd semester calc. They only have one section of honors, which fills up fast, so this meant she wouldn’t have to spend July/August scanning catalog to see if a spot opens, very nice of them.</p>