<p>I'm about to register for AP and IB exams (the IBs are compulsory in my school), and since CAS only gives credit for some, which APs would you recommend taking for credit later on?</p>
<p>should i take the english one at all?</p>
<p>English Language
Microecon & Macroecon
Biology
Chemistry
Physics C</p>
<p>i already got a 5 on Calc BC and a 3 on English Lit.
thanks very much : )</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on the english language ap, you'll only have to take 1 semester of the freshmen writing seminar.</p>
<p>Since you scored a 5 on calc bc, I think you get 8 credits
you can get up to 8 creds for bio, 4 credits for chem and some amount of credit for phys and econ, so I would probably take all of them. I'm not sure if you want to skip all the introductory sequences, specifically if you are majoring in science and premed, because you won't know what to expect for the first semester at cornell.</p>
<p>My friends all complain that their writing seminars take up more time than their other classes, so I suggest getting credit for English Language, which I thought was easier than Lit. I'm pretty sure Cornell takes a 4 in Lang., btw.</p>
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Advanced credit:
Students who score a 4 or 5 on either of the Princeton AP English examinations (English Language and Composition, or, English Literature and Composition) are awarded three credits, except in the College of Arts and Sciences where students need a score of 5 to be awarded three credits. These credits are awarded automatically; no additional examination, or application to the John S. Knight Institute or the Department of English, is required. How these credits may be applied to first-year writing or other distribution requirements depends on which college you are enrolled in. All students who score 5, except Architecture majors, may apply their three credits towards the writing requirement of their colleges. Of students who score 4, only Agriculture & Life Sciences students and Industrial & Labor Relations students may apply three credits towards the writing requirement of their college. (AP credits do not fulll requirements for the English major or the distribution requirement.) For more information about advanced placement, please contact your college registrar.
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<p>Basically, only 5s earn you writing credit, except for CALS and ILR, in which case you can get a 4.</p>
<p>I don't know much about English AP, but for the sciences I would strongly suggest you to take them over at Cornell if you want to do premed or be a science major. Believe it or not, Cornell's intro sciences classes are a lot harder than AP classes in high school. For AP Chemistry, you can't only get credits for one semester.</p>
<p>for medical school you need to take 2 classes of english i guess</p>
<p>would you recomend testing out of writing seminar if you scored a 4 or 5, and taking more advanced writing classes? ( i hear the upper level english classes are more interesting and smaller classes)</p>
<p>If you are interested in writing, then AP out and take an upper level english class.</p>
<p>WHAT? does that mean if you're going for arch there's no way for you to get out of freshman writing?</p>
<p>wait where does it say you can skip the freshman seminar? I don't see anywhere on the website where it says you can get credit for English Lit AP or English Language AP....</p>
<p>OK...basically everyone but architecture majors can get out of a writing seminar with a 5 on AP English (either one). ILR and CALS students only need a 4 on AP English to get out of a writing seminar. I'm pretty sure that most colleges (save CALS and maybe another) only let you get out of one writing seminar...i.e. if you have a 5 on English Lit and a 5 on English Comp, you'll only get out of one seminar, you'll have to take another, but the remaining score can be applied toward some sort of distribution requirement (at least that's how it is in Engineering).</p>
<p>Not in Arts. AP credits can't be applied to distribution requirements. My English AP Lit credit seems to have mysteriously disappeared...</p>
<p>I stand corrected....that sucks though, norcalguy.</p>
<p>ILR and CALS let you get out of both writing seminiars..ive been in both schools and placed out of both.</p>
<p>My friend in Arts placed out of one writing seminar with a 4.</p>
<p>The info below is from <a href="http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/AS.php%5B/url%5D">http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/AS.php</a></p>
<p>"All students who score 5 on the Princeton Advanced Placement Examination in English receive 3 credits. Such credits are awarded automatically; no application to the John S. Knight Institute or the Department of English is necessary. How these credits may be applied to first-year writing or other distribution requirements depends on the student's college and score. All students who score 5, except Architecture majors, may apply their 3 credits toward the writing requirements of their college. Of students who score 4, only Agriculture and Life Sciences students and Industrial and Labor Relations students may apply their 3 credits toward the writing requirements of their college. Students should always consult their college registrars to be certain that they understand their writing requirements.</p>
<p>Students who have already taken a First-Year Writing Seminar, or who score 4 or 5 on the Princeton AP exam, or 700 or better on the English Composition or CEEB tests, may enroll, space permitting, in the following upper-level First-Year Writing Seminars: ENGL 270, 271, or 272."</p>
<p>If you're in arts, you can't get get credit for FWS with an score of 4</p>
<p>Get out of everything you can, unless you're going to major in hard sciences. If you're an engineer, AP Bio/Chem/Physics can help save your GPA by letting you skip intro level classes that you may not need to know for your major (I'm a CS major, I have no use for chemistry). FWS are total ********; my writing got worse in mine (my teacher kept making me use too many commas because he was afraid I would inappropriately omit one, despite the fact that I never did) and while it was an easy A it took up a disproportionate amount of my time.</p>
<p>Also, for engineering, you can get out of distribution requirements through AP credit. I recommend taking both AP Englishes for this reason - if you can get a 5 on one and a four on the other, you get Literary Analysis (its a distribution group) credit for one and FWS credit for the other.</p>
<p>"Also, for engineering, you can get out of distribution requirements through AP credit. I recommend taking both AP Englishes for this reason" </p>
<p>What about IB English SL?</p>
<p>SL gets you nothing. This is true at almost all top schools.</p>
<p>hmm...i'm planning on majoring in chemistry. According to the chem website, I should take chem 215 in the fall for freshman year, which is the "honors" course for kids who got a 5 on the Chem AP test. I looked at the textbook for the class, and it looks just like the chem AP curriculum. I hope this isn't the intro course... How do i get credit for my 5 on chem ap? Is there a way to place into a more advanced class? I hope this isn't too convoluted to understand.</p>
<p>If you are a chem major and have a 5 on the AP test, you absolutely should take Chem 215-216. It is the most difficult chemistry course you can take as a freshman. Keep in mind, everyone in Chem 215 is going to be amazing at chem so it's going to be a challenge to get an A. I had to do a lot of memorization of thermodynamics equations and such for Chem 215. That said, Chem 215 is still basically a repeat of Chem AP.</p>
<p>Chem 216 (which is what you're going to be taking second semester) is another story. Unless you did things like using calculus to derive and normalize wave functions, quantum mechanics, transition metal complexes SALCS, memorizing the first 12 MO's and how they shift, symmetry elements (ever wonder what a molecule would look like if you flipped it over, rotated it 60 degrees, and reflected it across a mirror plane? that's going to be one of your prelim questions along with the correct stereochemistry), valence bond theory, etc. in your chem AP class, you should learn quite a bit in Chem 216. I got owned second semester. </p>
<p>You will automatically get AP credit for taking Chem 215-216.</p>
<p>BTW: The textbook for Chem 216 is not the same as the one for Chem 215.</p>
<p>wow, hahah. Okay, thanks for the information--I guess I'll just stick with those classes instead of skipping :) . 216 sounds crazy, but fun!</p>