Colleges' AP credit policies

MotherOfTwo
Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:22:54 +0000

A confusing AP situation:
My daughter self-studied for an AP as a h.s. senior and was happy to earn a score of 4.
As a freshman at an LAC, this score was high enough for her to place into upper level classes in that subject.
She transferred to another LAC as a sophomore and continued to take upper level classes in that subject. At her new school, her major requires the introductory survey course in that subject, and the school only accept a 5 to place out of that course. So she will have to take the intro course as a senior, to fulfill the requirements for her major, although she has already completed the AP class at “4” level and several higher level classes in the subject.

It can get kind of crazy and confusing.