<p>I'm going to be taking a total of 15 AP classes, and I definitely want for those credits to roll over to college. Some of my friends have gone to schools where even though they got 4s and 5s, they had to still take the same classes as if they hadn't.</p>
<p>I believe Bennington does not offer credit for AP courses.</p>
<p>Also - are (will) your schools (be) up to par with receiving credit?</p>
<p>Each college establishes its own policy, so you will need to check individually with each school that you are planning to apply to. Some schools will give credit for scores of 3, 4, or 5; at other schools, only a 5 will do. Some schools cap the number of AP credits you can use at just 3 or 4 classes. And some schools do not actually give "credit" at all, but let you use the AP scores to waive certain required classes and take electives instead.</p>
<p>In general, though, public universities are much more generous with granting AP credit than are the more selective private schools.</p>
<p>If you're majoring in a science or math field also, many schools will not give credit for science-math AP classes since they want you to take their own track to the degree. (The AP classes can still be useful if they cover the same or similar material.) As worried_mom recommends, check with each school where you're applying to determine its AP policy.</p>
<p>You need to check specific schools but in general, the most selective schools use APs for placement (allow you to skip intro courses). In general, state schools will allow you to use APs for credit. BUT there are exceptions so check with the schools.</p>
<p>My son had 5s in most of his 9 APs. His school gives him credit toward his major requirements but not toward graduation requirements. For instance, I think his AP Bio satifies the requirement for Intro Bio which is required for his major, so he doesn't need to repeat it - but he doesn't get credit toward graduation - meaning he still needs to take the full number of classes in which to graduate. </p>
<p>A premed student could probably skip Intro Bio at college (by getting credit for it or skipping to next level). BUT he/she would still need to take 2 semesters of Bio for Med School admissions (Intro, 1 higher level class or 2 higher level classes). Some students prefer to repeat the intro classes so they get a deeper understanding (and perhaps an A) before moving on to more advanced work. Same goes for Chem, Physics, Calc, writing, etc.</p>
<p>I think my DD's school gives credit (for APs and college classes taken during HS) toward her major and toward her graduation so she was a bit ahead of the game credit wise. She didn't choose to graduate early; instead she's working on a second minor and/or doing another internship before graduation.</p>