AP credit questions

hilsa
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:04:12 +0000

I’m sure most people who got into Vandy will have way more AP credit hours than 18.

Like Modern Chem said, it’d be better for your son to take the AP exams because he’ll do fine on them anyway and then he can choose which credits to use.

In my own opinion, I would use credits for classes that many people take in college, like Psychology and English. That way you don’t have to be stuck in a class with tons of students (though, since this is Vandy, I doubt there will be a bazillion kids per class). Also, again this is my opinion, I wouldn’t use AP credit in the topic(s) that your son will be majoring in. I’m going to be majoring in Chemistry. I got a 5. But there is no way I’m going to use that credit because I want to have a very good background in Chemistry before I take higher level classes (and it’s also been a year since I took AP Chemistry as well).

Modern Chem does make the point that you can get out of tedious classes by AP credit. I agree with this, but only if these classes don’t have to do with your specific major, for my aforementioned reason. Of course, I’m sure people will disagree with me, and I’m fine with that. It’s just all about how your son thinks and wants to plan his college journey.