<p>The Brown sources say that AP credit does not count towards the 30 class minimum, but that they do give you “tuition credit.” What is that exactly? If it doesn’t let you graduate earlier, then what is it worth?</p>
<p>The tuition credit applies to IB courses, not AP. The only thing you can do with AP courses is being able to take a more advanced course, that's all. None of the ivies, I believe, give you credit for AP courses. ( that's one of the reasons to do the IB program, if possible )</p>
<p>I also would not suggest taking advanced standing even with IB.</p>
<p>But anyway, yes, the point is that with a formalized AP score, you won't have to retake, say, Calc 1 so that you can take Calc 2 and what not.</p>
<p>Placement, not credit, is typically how we describe it.</p>
<p>Then why does it say in the 2007 Guide to Brown:</p>
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Students who elect to accept advanced placement standing on the basis of their AP creidts are granted tuition credit only
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<p>It has similar wording elsewhere; what, exactly, is this elusive "tuition credit"?</p>
<p>Yea, I do not think taking advanced placement is that good.. You just need to work harder at something that you may not be very interested upon anyway. The good thing about the IB is that you get the tuition credit ( 2 for HL courses and 1 for SL, depending on what the department allows ) I am planning to try to get credit for Language and History, so that I could do some other interesting stuff instead.</p>
<p>Lynxie... where did u see that? I very clearly read that AP will get you advanced placement, NOT tuition credit...</p>
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Advanced Placement credits do not count towards the minimum 30 courses needed to earn a Brown degree. For example, if on the basis of your AP credits you are granted one semester of advanced standing, you will still be required to complete the minimum 30 courses for graduation in your remaining seven semesters. Credits from A-Level exams, International Baccalaureate, and certain other international programs carry both course credit and tuition credit.
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<p>Here is the link
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/resources/?id=55%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/resources/?id=55</a></p>
<p>MovieBluff:</p>
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the 2007 Guide to Brown
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<p><a href="http://www.physics.brown.edu/undergrad/detail.asp?id=2%5B/url%5D%5B/b%5D">http://www.physics.brown.edu/undergrad/detail.asp?id=2</a>
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AP credit in Physics can be used to earn tuition credit.
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<p>...and so on.</p>
<p>But what is tuition credit, exactly? Does it mean you can take classes for free or something? Is it a refund?</p>
<p>Tuition credit means that out of the 32 courses, if you get credit for 3 courses ( example ) and then you took 5 courses in one particular semester, then you actually would have one semester that you would not have to pay tuition....or graduate early if you wanted to... ( I think )...</p>
<p>Let me check the link you posted....</p>
<p>Lynxie, you are right. I guess it depends on the department..In the case of AP Physics, they do the equivalent to an IB course....</p>
<p>Well?</p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>I'm almost 100% positive that you cannot use AP credits for advanced standing.</p>
<p>IB can be, and in either scenario I don't recommend it.</p>
<p>Here's how it was explained to me during ADOCH by one of the College Deans:</p>
<p>AP scores are only applicable at all if the specific department accepts them. In that case, they count towards both placement and tuition credit but NOT course credit. Tuition credit means that you can graduate without actually taking eight terms of courses, but, because AP does not count towards course credit, you still have to take the minimum 30 courses. So if you can complete 30 courses in 7 terms AND you have enough accepted AP scores to gain a semester's worth of tuition credit, you could graduate a term early. This is especially helpful for students considering five year programs, but it seemed discouraged for your average four year student.</p>
<p>^^^^ thanks jamie...That's the way i had interpreted it.</p>