AP Credits at Yale

Kdog044
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:39:55 +0000

Depending on your major they may help you place out pf courses as others have mentioned. A 5 on AP Bio allows you to skip the first two Bio courses (120 and 122) which are requirements for the major. This allows you to take more classes that might interest you whether they be Bio courses or any other. See excerpt below:

A number of these prerequisites can be met with acceleration credits. Students who have scored 710 or higher on the SAT subject matter Biology M test (formerly SAT II), or who have scored 5 on the Advanced Placement test in biology, may be exempt from taking MCDB 120a and its associated laboratory. Students scoring 5 on the Advanced Placement biology test may also be exempt from E&EB 122b and its associated laboratory ,but beginning with the class of 2010, students will no longer be permitted to place out of E&EB 122b and 123Lb using the SAT subject matter test M or E. Students with equivalent scores on one of the corresponding chemistry tests may also be exempt from taking MCDB 120a, but should first discuss their preparation in biology with the director of undergraduate studies in MCDB.