<p>AP Chem got me out of Chem 1... I was scheduled to have lecture from 5:30pm to 6:30 and lab from 6:30 to 9:30. It's a great day!</p>
<p>Anyone else get out of an awful time/class with APs?</p>
<p>So your college gives credit based upon the AP class, not the AP exam score?</p>
<p>No, but I got out of having to pay an extra year of tuition to accommodate my changing majors with APs.</p>
<p>Congrats!
I only wish I’d self-studied Physics B and Bio in high school…would have made college life soooo much easier.</p>
<p>Physics B doesn’t get you anything. You mean Physics C right?</p>
<p>And too bad you weren’t in IB. All those kids have to do is pass the class</p>
<p>I’m so mad because because I got a 3 on AP Chem last year. I hate chemistry. My school allows students to exempt Chem 1 if a student scored a 4/5 on the AP Exam.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why they do that. Calculus AB and Physics B, on the other hand, were painfully easy. For these subjects, a 3 is enough to exempt the courses.</p>
<p>What school gets you out of Physics for a 3 on the Physics B exam?</p>
<p>There’s no way a 3 on ANY AP test could or should count for course credit in college… </p>
<p>Is this serious?
I’m certain you could score a 3 on any AP test by just skimming the Princeton Review book for the subject the night before the test…</p>
<p>No, you cannot score a 3 on any AP exam by skimming the book the night before. Have you ever taken Bio, Chem, or Physics B? History perhaps (but not likely, I really studied for Euro and got a 4). The only tests that are like that are Environmental, Psychology, Human Geography, i.e. the soft ones.</p>
<p>Wow… I thought it would be implied that I got a high enough score to get out of the class. I got a 4 which exempted me from Chem I. A 5 exempts you from Chem I & II.</p>
<p>Definitely can’t get a 3 just by skimming through the book… maybe for exams that you have prior knowledge of.</p>
<p>A 4 on Physics B would get me credit for the physical sciences general education requirement.
And I did take IB…got zero credits for that.</p>
<p>There is no way majority of students can get a 3 just by skimming a review book. In most state schools, you can get 16 credits just for getting 5s on AP Chem and AP Physics. Another 8 credits for a 4/5 on AP Calc BC. Everybody should take these classes at high school.</p>
<p>some one answer me, what college gives you credit for physics for getting a 3 on the Physics B exam…?</p>
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Random look-up of average-ish school in Texas (their SAT section averages are all around 500):</p>
<p>[AP</a> : Testing, Research Support & Evaluation Center : Texas State University](<a href=“http://www.txstate.edu/trec/EFC--CBE-/ap.html]AP”>http://www.txstate.edu/trec/EFC--CBE-/ap.html)</p>
<p>I’m sure tons of schools are like this. Not every university is HYPSM level, you know.</p>
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Is it really that surprising to you? Some of the elite schools would question why your school awards credit for a 4 on the AP Chem exam.
Caltech would wonder why you got credit for any of the AP exams at all.</p>
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<p>I’m not sure why you sound so outraged/surprised by this. Plenty of schools give credit for 3’s on a bunch of subjects. For state schools, I think it’s a way to help keep intro class sizes (which are already huge) down. Not every school is on the level of even the top 100 schools.</p>
<p>I’m not outraged, I’m surprised. Physics B is the lesser of the two high school AP Physics classes I know of and a 3 isn’t that much. Like I said, just surprised</p>
<p>And thank you to the ■■■■■ from earlier that resonded. Cal Tech was a wonderful example</p>
<p>My school gives a lot of credit for Physics B, but it is for the Fundamental Physics courses not the Intro Physics courses. Fundamental Physics fills liberal ed requirements but doesn’t count if you are majoring in something that requires physics. For those you have to take the Intro Physics sequence, which is only filled by Physics C.</p>
<p>I am praying daily that I passed AP Lit and AP Gov.</p>
<p>Oh, I didn’t realize there are two different types of physics at some college. Liberal Education physics and real physics. Not to be a ******, that’s just the best way I know how to put it. If physics B gets you credit for that then its not as surprising. I still don’t know the college where they get credit though</p>
<p>Edit: Shows what I know, Michigan does give credit for a 4 on the Physics B exam but only for the LSA college, that’s why I hadn’t seen it before. And it isn’t for Phsyics 140 (General Physics) but Physics 135 (Physics for the Life Sciences) (well it says physics 125, which isn’t in the course guide so I’m guessing its 135)</p>