<p>@Faith – the weed out classes are definitely more in the first year. The bad ones are Physics 218 +208 and Math 151 and 152. Keep this in mind about AP credit: you’re not going to be able to test out of ALL the math at A&M, so you are doing yourself a favor by retaking some of the math classes you took in high school because you get a feel for the math curriculum there (which is a lot harder than the one you had in high school). If you get credit for 151 and 152 by doing well on the BC exam, I would probably only take credit for 151 AND I would repeat 151 as well. It doesn’t hurt to just take the same class over again and get an A. Consider it a GPA booster if you will. That’s at least what I’m doing. I took Calc AB in high school so I couldn’t have got out of 152 but I’m still taking 151 again.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to offend you, and maybe you’re really smart, but I think the odds of anyone getting credit for the physics C test are pretty small. When a school only takes the Physics C test and makes you get a 4 or a 5 on it, that’s basically their way of telling you to not take credit for physics because you will get blown away by the higher level science classes there. I took the Physics B test and found it pretty tough. Even the physics geniuses in my class didn’t take the Physics C test because they knew it wouldn’t help them at all. It’s just…not a good idea. </p>
<p>The point I’m trying to make is that I’m not taking credit for any math or science classes because I know that the curriculum for those classes at A&M is going to be way more difficult than it was in high school. If you’re taking credit because you’re afraid of the weed out classes, you will only pay for it later on.</p>