<p>“Medical schools also effectively encourage retaking courses for which one has AP credit, rather than taking more advanced courses in the subjects.”</p>
<p>D was advised to repeat if the AP course was a foundation course for her major- - in her case calc and physics (but b/c she is not a bio.chen major or interested in advanced sci study in either subject, no need to repeat those courses or AP stat). This was not to inflate her grades, but to make certain she was fully prepared for advanced study, since an AP score of 4/5 doesn’t really reflect mastery at the college level.</p>