Accepting AP Physics credit in Ocean and Aerospace Engineering?

james2014
Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:13:17 +0000

I don’t know if they give AP Credit for Physics. My school did not have AP courses. There aren’t enough dedicated students around where I live to have a need for them. Most of the students that graduate from my high school go to community college or don’t go to college at all. I just assumed VT took credit for all AP courses as long as you did well on the exam, like a 4 or 5.

The above answer is correct though: Physics at VT is much much harder than the Physics I took in high school. I can understand if they don’t take AP credit for it. I still stand by what I said in my first post: If you can skip 2305 and take only 2306, you will probably still have a solid background in Physics.

CronusMom: I’m a second year student at VT as well. I’ll be in Aerospace Engineering next semester. I may ask at some point in the semester how your son’s courses are, since I’ll be taking them next semester.