AP Credits at Yale

mcat2
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:03:01 +0000

The value of taking AP courses (to a much less extent, taking AP tests) for students going to a school like Yale is: A very high percentage of students in any classes (esp. in the science area) might have taken these AP classes. You do not want to start the college by feeling you are “behind”.

Oftentimes, the advisor from your department may encorage the students to take a class that is as advanced as they are capable of taking. It is often the case that the students hold themselves back, unless they are planning to pursue BS/MS in four years. For exampe, many students who have taken AP Chem may still take the introductory year long chemistry class (CHEM 140?) instead of CHEM 180a, even though the latter is designed for students who have not taken AP Chem (and to recruit these good students to their department :))