<p>When it talks about AP courses in the course catalogue it says that some scores and test give you relective credit only. Does that mean it will fulfill a requirement like a level III class? Or is it just course units to get your 180 units need to graduate along with your major classes and etc</p>
<p>It means that it just counts towards course units.</p>
<p>Oh okay. Well I decided not to take some AP tests because I will only recieve elective credit for them and I’m going to double major with civil engineering and Korean lit. Was that a good idea since i would have to pay 250 dollars towards worthless credits</p>
<p>they’re not worthless, because they count towards graduation. but there’s no point in going through the stress of taking them if they don’t count for much. personally im taking all of my AP’s even if they are only for electives because it’s nice to get the credits for only 95 dollars a test</p>
<p>Well I already have to take many classe because of double majoring. I’m actually planning on doing summer school because of all the classes. So i think that I’ll already have a higher than needed amount of credits</p>
<p>one small good thing about those AP credits is that you get to sign up for classes earlier the more credits you have. that only matters when you’re a sophomore/junior/senior though so by then you might have more than most anyway :)</p>
<p>It might not be the best idea to forgo potential credit because you might not need it, but things change. You might be pretty set in the double major now, but trust me, things happen and things might change.</p>
<p>In addition, as someone else has mentioned, it is definitely a great thing to have more units than your peers, as you get to enroll sooner, and that is gold.</p>
<p>As already stated (and i remember asking the academic advisor last year) “elective” credits don’t count towards any class/GE requirments. They will, however, allow you to sign up for classes a bit earlier. You sign up based on the number of units you have completed. If you have 20 units entering, even if they consist of just elective units then you will sign up earlier then your roommate who may only have 8 units.</p>
<p>^, the last part is not true, for they randomize the enrollment window times for everyone that has under 45 units under their belts. </p>
<p>I had to suffer from this, where my roommate had 4 units coming in, and I had 20, and my enrollment window was 4 days after him. I went to the registrar to ask about it, and they told me that they randomize it under 45 units.</p>
<p>yes, i mentioned it was only for sophomores and up but if there is a chance that you’re at 35 credits or something… that extra couple of tests could push you over as a sophomore which would be prime because signing up when they do means no very little competition for your classes.</p>
<p>Actually the two test would give me 8 extra units and I have 12 now and I will get 12 if I pass the ones I am taking so I would only have 32… So I guess it doesn’t matter that much now. :/</p>
<p>on the bright side if you get 16 credits first quarter next time you sign up for classes you get to sign up with the sophomores :)</p>
<p>If you came in with 32 units and then took 13+ you would get to enroll as sophomore for your first enrollment in November which is a HUGE advantage!</p>
<p>^, that might not be 100% correct because when we enroll for our next quarter, we are still technically not finished with the current quarter.</p>
<p>I’ve been wanting to find out about this for a while. Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Oh, actually I have a question.
If you take enough AP classes and pass the AP exams, is it possible to graduate in 3 years?? I have a friend at UCLA and UCSB that took a bunch of AP classes, got credit, and now they are graduating in 3 years.</p>
<p>It’s very possible, however, you might be doubling your efforts regardless of AP exams if you’re in a science major. For non-science majors I can’t speak but I would assume it’ll be easier to do.</p>
<p>For example, in the biology major, there’s a series of classes you have to take in order your first two years. 93, 94, 97, 98, 99 before you take upper division courses. It’s very hard to speed up that process (you’d need a 5 in AP Bio to get out of 93/94 so you could start at 97 but in order to move on to 98 you have to be co-enrolled in 2nd quarter organic chemistry and that’s impossible to do your freshman year… at least I haven’t seen it done) and graduation requires 10 UD courses so you’d have to try and cram the 10 UD courses in your 3rd year instead of spreading them around your 3rd and 4th year.</p>
<p>I really don’t see the reason to try so hard to graduate in 3 years, I think you should just enjoy what you can and try hard but don’t try to rush yourself and get super stressed just to graduate a year earlier</p>