<p>So, I think if, I don't do well on the AP exams, I might take one or even 2 courses over the summer at a local college, since the tuition in here is really affordable and I am pretty much going to stay in town, get a job and save some money for college.</p>
<p>Is there a limit to how many credits can be taken outside UMd, wether is before college or during college? Some schools, don't allow more than 9 credits in total, over the 4 years of college. Does anyone know?
Thank you</p>
<p>UMD is quite lenient, and your idea is a really good one. You can check specific courses at the school you are considering at this site: [Transfer</a> Credit Center | Home Page](<a href=“http://www.tce.umd.edu/]Transfer”>http://www.tce.umd.edu/)</p>
<p>AP/IB credit is here: [Transfer</a> Credit Center | AP/IB/CLEP Information](<a href=“http://www.tce.umd.edu/apibclep.html]Transfer”>http://www.tce.umd.edu/apibclep.html)</p>
<p>For most students, everything from the date you register to parking assignment priority as a jr/sr is based on the number of credits you have. By coming in with a lot of credits, either via AP or a CC, you are significantly helping yourself. Both my DDs arrived at UMD with a boatload of AP credits, and they’ve been extremely thankful for that. They are both pursuing double degrees (within a 4-yr timeframe), and my oldest has been able to take lighter loads, especially when she has had some killer classes to take for a semester. I think she’s taking 13 credit hours for her 2nd semester senior year.</p>
<p>so there’s no limit as to the number of ap credits can transfer to your college credits, right?</p>
<p>DD1 had over 50 credits carried over from AP credits when she started at UMD. As far as I know, there is no upper limit.</p>
<p>Thank you again, Astro mom! You are so well informed it makes our transition easier!</p>
<p>Don’t know about well-informed. It’s more like been-there-done-that x 2!</p>
<p>And another note, while credit number increases your class standing, and helps with parking bringing in credits from other colleges (not AP) bumps up your housing lottery number for sophomore and junior year.</p>
<p>Do check first that taking summer classes between graduating HS and starting in the fall will not have an impact on your freshman status. I’m sure it varies by school and state, so it may not be an issue for you. But a few years back our State U warned students to be cautious about taking classes elsewhere between graduating HS and starting in the fall, especially if they were coming in with AP credits as it could change them to being categorized as transfer students, making them ineligible for any freshman scholarships they had been awarded. (it was some convoluted thing to do with the way AP credits are recorded - possibly just in our state. As a freshman they are not added till the end of the first semester so the student keeps freshman status till the end of semester 1. But if the student takes summer classes at a CC the AP credits were added to that transcript, possibly pushing the credits high enough to make them transfers).</p>
<p>Possibly not an issue where you are. But please check to make sure, especially if you have any freshman scholarship $$$s on the line.</p>
<p>At Maryland the majority of the people awarded scholarship money have AP credits or other credits (like at least 15). I don’t know for sure, but I’d guess that people are okay with however many they bring in. In Honors it’s actually pretty rare to not be at least a semester ahead credit wise (Of my honors friends I have one of the lowest class standings with only 59 credits…so not technically a junior yet for spring of my second year) of where you are otherwise, and a gigantic bulk of the (academic) scholarship money goes to honors kids.</p>