<p>D used her AP credits to get junior status and a single room in the middle of her sophomore year. Not all the benefits are academic.</p>
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using thAP test for placement can land a freshman in a lass with upperclassmen - and with expectations that the student has mastered the High School to college transition, and understands the dynamics of a ciollege semester with few class meetings (relative to HS), and short semesters.
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<p>My daughter found herself in this situation in two subjects in this, her first semester. For her, it didn't seem to matter at all, even when it came to doing a group project in which the rest of the group consisted entirely of upperclassmen. In fact, she is doing better in both of those courses than in her all-freshmen writing seminar.</p>
<p>It depends on the college. It depends on the kid. And in all likelihood, you will not know what the best course of action is before your student has to make the decision. Unfortunately. Sometimes, you just have to wing it.</p>
<p>At some schools, there may be a lot of freshmen with AP credits who will also be in the next-level courses.
Another reason to use some of these AP credits is that it may allow you to take more courses outside your major and broaden your liberal arts education.</p>
<p>I understand that not every student is a pre-med. It just sometimes seems that way to me. ;) </p>
<p>For Pre-Meds AP's have even less utility as they are not uniformly accepted for credit by med schools against required UG courses. Sorting through each med school's rules is a tedious process. (I believe) Every school allows you to replace an intro course with a higher level course in the same area, but in some areas like Math and English - for the schools that require them- it would be nice for D to be able to use some AP credits.</p>