<p>Current students: what are your thoughts here? I will have the option of opting out of basically freshmen year from AP, and may Joint Enroll at GT next year. My motivation for taking credit wouldn't be early graduation, I just want to get into harder, deeper courses sooner.</p>
<p>While I'm not a Georgia Tech student at the moment, I know a student who went to Georgia Tech hoping to major in Chemistry and took a bunch of AP credits to opt out of courses - such as the AP Chem credit. At the moment they are now failing Chemistry because the University's course gives a much better foundation then likely anyone has gotten from their AP course. While I'm sure its possible to get away with opting out of a few classes, it may not be in your best interest to pretty much skip freshmen year because it could cause you to struggle in the more advanced courses.</p>
<p>Depends on your major and you.</p>
<p>I'm a business major at Tech, so my APs - Bio, Chem, USH, Calc AB - fulfilled some general core requirements. I also had a good bit of transfer credit from joint enrollment, so I only took one freshman class during my first semester.</p>
<p>Did it hurt me? No. I struggled in the beginning in CS and MATH, but thanks to a change in study habits and a change in test format, respectively, I did much better throughout the remainder of the semester.</p>
<p>One of my hallmates is a Chem. E. major who AP'ed out of chemistry. As far as I know, he had no problems with inorganic chemistry.</p>
<p>Another one of my hallmates, also a Chem. E. major, made a 4 on the Chem exam. He had to work for it, but he did get an A in CHEM 1310.</p>
<p>So, it really depends on you and your major.</p>
<p>Did you do your JE at GT? I'd love to hear how that went for you/anyone.</p>