AP Credit Question

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Greetings. Recently, I spoke with a transfer counselor at a community college I go to. He told me that since I have AP credit via subscore in AP Calc, the equivalent class that I have taken (Math 400, aka Calc I) will not be used for credit and will be seen as a retake. That would’ve been find had a gotten a C, but I received an A in that class. That means I’m missing out on 20 quality points – what the hell? I briefly looked at what several of the UC websites say about AP credit and it was stated that the equivalent class may be retaken for full credit.</p>

<p>[UC</a> Davis : Advanced Placement](<a href=“http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/fr_ap.cfm]UC”>Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

<p>“Mathematics 16A , 17A or 21A may be taken for full credit. Credit for Mathematics 16A, 17A or 21A equivalents may serve as prerequisite for Mathematics 16B, 17B or 21B.”</p>

<p>Unless I’m mistaken, if credit is taken from the class and not from the AP score, then the quality points are contributed. Also, Berkeley says:</p>

<p>[Advanced</a> Placement Examinations](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/faq/ap.html]Advanced”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/faq/ap.html)</p>

<p>“Note: Students who duplicate AP credit with course work may have their AP credit deducted from their transcript.”</p>

<p>If it is indeed true that transfer students cannot take the equivalent classes and receive credit, why? Another thing is that since my AB subscore is 3 (nothing to be proud of, but my A is a definite improvement), there are universities (mainly private) that will not accept it and thus my GPA would be different to them. Such a disparity makes little sense.</p>

<p>What are your thoughts?</p>

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<p>You can take the class and receive the normal credit you would receive for taking Math 400. You will not receive any credit for passing the AP Calc test. That’s all that it means.</p>

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<p>I would call a Berkeley rep on this one, though.</p>

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<p>That was my thinking until the transfer counselor said otherwise, hence the majority of my post.</p>

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<p>I took a college class in Human Geography AND got a 3 on the corresponding AP test. My counselor told me the UCs see them as separate credits, and my UC Davis summary gives me credit for both of them.</p>

<p>I also spoke to a UC representative about it and he confirmed that I would get credit for both the AP score and the college class, so it seems like there is disagreement about this (btw, I have barely over 60 semester units, if the UCs were to decide not to count my AP score, they’d have hell to pay from me).</p>

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<p>Darkstorn, did you get credit specifically for the class or general credit toward some area (for your AP score)?</p>

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<p>It was general credit. I got the 4 quarter credits from the AP score AND the 4 quarter credits for the Human Geo college course. Neither score was a prerequisite to anything, it was simply added to my total (and got me to 90.5 total quarter credits).</p>

<p>The counselor told me that UCs don’t penalize students for taking both AP tests and college classes in the same area. And in my case, UC Davis recorded the score correctly.</p>