Can you decline dual enrollment credit?

ucbalumnus
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 03:41:21 +0000

Although it is commonly advised here for college students to repeat all of their AP (or IB or college) credit from high school, that can be a waste of time and tuition for schedule space that could instead by used to learn something new, if the student knows the material well.

The student can check his/her knowledge of the courses that the college allows skipping with AP (or IB or college) credit by trying the college’s old final exams for those courses. How well s/he handles those old final exams will allow him/her to make a more informed placement decision rather than unconditionally repeating (or taking advanced placement). Some colleges have their own mandatory or advisory placement testing for this purpose.