Should incoming student use AP credit?

<p>I have a question for current engineering students (or anyone in the know): if you got a 5 on Calc BC and a 4 on the two Physics C exams, do you recommend using those AP credits to bypass the entry level math and physics courses? Or, should you forgo using the credits and take the JHU classes? (Put another way, is it worth giving up flexibility in your schedule to get a better foundation in those core subjects?) Thanks.</p>

<p>Whether or not to use AP credits is really an individual decision. Here are some places where you can get some opinions:</p>

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[Freshman</a> FAQs](<a href=“http://web.jhu.edu/freshman_advising/faq.html/index.html#apscores]Freshman”>http://web.jhu.edu/freshman_advising/faq.html/index.html#apscores)</p>

<p>Also, I know there is an AP credit discussion going on in the Class of 2013 Facebook group.</p>

<p>Thanks, AdmissionsDaniel.</p>

<p>I don’t think you should bypass the physics classes unless you have a good reason to. If your schedule is packed and you really want to take something else, then maybe but otherwise I think you should take physics here (if you’re good at it, you should get an A, right?)</p>

<p>If you have a 5 on BC, definitely skip into Calc III or Linear Algebra. You’ll be bored otherwise.</p>

<p>Thanks, YanksDolphins. That is good advice.</p>

<p>Thanks, YanksDolphins. That is good advice.</p>

<p>Just wanted to make a side not about AP Calc. I took AP calc my junior year (ab and bc), and then I did PSEO my senior year and retook calc 1 & 2 at the U of M, even though I passed the AP exam. The classes kicked my butt. Mostly Calc 2. There are so many techniques of integration that AP calc doesn’t test on as well as some nasty sequences and series stuff that we never did in AP calc. So I guess the story goes if you need extensive calc, maybe retaking 2 would be a good idea. I’m going to JHU next year for chembe, and I am going to jump into calc 3. But, MAN oh MAN am I happy I retook calc.</p>

<p>I personally chose to use AP credit to skip out of Physics (as well as Calc I/II, Chem and a few other things) and I don’t regret my decision. As a Biomedical Engineering major, I think that my Physics AP class prepared me with what I needed to know in future courses. I know for a fact that (based on friends who took Physics I and II here) that the courses here do indeed cover more material and cover content to further depth than any high school class, but in terms of the knowledge I needed to retain for future course, I was fine. Taking the AP credit for physics also allowed me to take a few humanities/social science classes (French, Intro to Business, Econ) freshmen year, which was something I really wanted to do. I think that if you really like Physics, then there is definitely more to learn than what you AP course taught you, and you may want to retake Physics I and II, but if you’re only looking for what you need in future courses, as long as your AP course was rigorous enough, then the AP credit is adequate.</p>