<p>Congratulations, and it’s great that you are looking forward to Swarthmore.</p>
<p>AP credit is given on a department by department basis. You’ll have to look at each department’s policy for the APs you are thinking of taking. Often credit is granted only for a 4 or 5 and only if you take another course in that department at Swarthmore, but as I said you’ll have to check each department.</p>
<p>As for taking classes at Penn, I know it’s not quite as restrictive as your question implies. My daughter took a course or two at Penn, not because they weren’t offered at Swarthmore but because she couldn’t fit them in to her schedule at Swarthmore. I do know that the policy for taking courses at Penn is somewhat more restrictive than taking courses at Haverford or Bryn Mawr. I believe the number of people taking courses at Penn is relatively small – smaller than those who take colleges at Haverford and Bryn Mawr.</p>