UVa has toughened standards for AP credit

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<p>Advanced</a> Placement (AP) Exam Credit — Undergraduate, College of Arts & Sciences, U.Va.</p>

<p>Last year, I wrote down the scores that were needed to receive college credit for AP tests. I just looked at the latest list on the UVA website, and it is much stricter. For example, a student needs a 5 in Macro, US History and World History in order to receive any credit. UVA is now as strict as Georgetown in granting AP credit. </p>

<p>Colleges vary greatly in the amount of credits they grant and the scores that are required. I encourage everyone to compare schools on this issue if you expect to have AP credit.</p>

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<p>It says effective fall 2011. However, you are wrong about Macro: this is the archived 2005 AP chart: [Admission</a> to the University - University of Virginia - acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Admission to the University - University of Virginia - Acalog ACMS™”>Admission to the University - University of Virginia - Acalog ACMS™)</p>

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<p>In case you don’t click through, the Econ requirement hasn’t changed.</p>

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<p>BTW, I’m not really in favor of what the history department seems to have done. I had to take a semester of community college western civ because AP Euro didn’t transfer as western civ, and it was exactly the same as what I learned in Euro (I even used my high school notes to study for my final). I can’t imagine how the AP US history test would differ from the class, either.</p>

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<p>I don’t like how AP Euro and APUSH count for the same class. What’s up with that?</p>

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<p>So happy I got my 17 credits for AP World, Euro and U.S. lol. The only changes I noticed were the histories. UVA’s history department is trying to flex its muscles. And GAH about still not accepting Human Geo, I want my five to go to use. Can’t you give credit for like a Sociology 1000T or some random Batten school class?</p>

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<p>Just to make sure, these don’t apply to current students right? Just incoming first years for next year? B/c US History used to get you 8 credits with a 4 or 5…haha.</p>

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<p>no that is all “for the incoming class of blah blah blah” they clearly can’t retroactively take away credits you might need to graduate</p>