<p>Its my senior year, and I have no AP credit thus far. I have 4's where I need 5's, and right now it looks like I paid for all those AP exams for no reason....</p>
<p>My only hope are my 4 AP's in May, Calc BC, Eng Lit, Chem, and US GOV. I feel like I can ground out a 4 in chem (hate that class) to get some credit, and at least get a 4/5 in the AB portion of the BC exam for credit (I want to retake Calc 2 anyways in college because I want to make sure I get what I'm not understanding now), but a 5 in US GOV and Eng LIT seem like a challenge, though I will try.</p>
<p>But how badly will having little to no AP credit affect me? Everyone on here seems to say that getting as much AP credit as possible is vital, but I seem to have missed that opportunity.</p>
<p>The curriculum assumes you come in with nothing. If you have lots (and many SCS and CIT students do) then you have a greater chance of having an easier time double majoring or getting a fifth year ms since many credits are done.</p>
<p>If there’s no chance you are going to get a 5 on the chem, don’t study or sit for the exam, instead spend your energies to get a 5 on something else. Your placement in calculus at cmu is also dependent upon a cmu exam plus the AP score. Best bet is to focus on the math exam and aim for the 5 and hope you at least get a 4 on the AB part to get done with one of your entry point calc classes. For CIT you need to take 120,122, 259 and 260 and at best could place out of 120 and 122 - but it’s not critical and so many students are fine starting with 120 or 122. Why kill yourself first semester?</p>
<p>Nope, it won’t be a problem, you just might not have quite as much freedom to take random classes/electives as some people, but as others mentioned, this is how the curriculum is designed. Having AP credit just means you can spread out some of the harder courses a little more so you’re not taking them all at once, or you can get certain courses out of the way earlier. But no big deal!</p>
<p>Yea like the previous post said, no AP credit just means you wont be able to take some electives you want. It is very advantageous to place out of subjects you are not majoring in (like natural science or humanities requirements) because you will have time to take advanced classes regarding your major.</p>