Credits for pre-college work

Colleges & Universities Brown University
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<p><a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s4_degree_completion/prebrown_cred_inter.html[/url]”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s4_degree_completion/prebrown_cred_inter.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>According to the brown website, credits can be recieved for British A-levels exams to fulfill concentration requirements. How does this work?? For example, what would I recieve for A-level psychology in terms of credits towards the psych concentration??</p>

<p>Anyone know??</p>

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<p>I think it depends on the psych department policy. YOu can probably get tuition credits, but may not get course credits. It’s up to the department if it counts for the major. You could look up the undergrad psych adviser on the website and email him. All the professors I’ve emailed are very friendly.</p>

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<p>Brown has two systems, Tuition credits and Course credits. In order to graduate, you need to have completed 32 tuition credits (literally, pay for 8 semesters), and 30 course credits (take an dpass 30 courses).</p>

<p>AP credit gets you Tuition credit, but NOT course credit. It is possible to skip some time by taking 5 courses, but a year skipped would require 5 each semester for 3 years, which may be hard.</p>

<p>IB credit, on the other hand, is held in very high regard by Brown (I personally enjoy this, and I think it is something more schools should embrace, because the programs are very different). IB credit earns you both types of credit, tuition and course.</p>

<p>A-Levels are in the same category as the IB.</p>

<p>The specifics of what you receive for psyc are controlled by the psyc department, and you should address questions to them on those details.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies</p>

<p>I don’t want to take intro to psych as I’ve pobably covered all the material in A-level psych already</p>

<p>RaboKarabekian : So you dont think they’d mind me asking even thought I not even in Brown yet?</p>

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<p>HK8, just e-mail the department and ask.</p>

<p>I have 6 psych credits at the University of Minnesota; according to the department, these should let me skip a whole bunch of my requirements for concentration.</p>

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<p>I don’t think they’d mind at all. The prof I emailed was extremely helpful, very nice, and gave me all the information I asked for and more. I’m sure any department would like to encourage applicants as qualified as you.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the quick replies</p>

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<p>JustPeteHere : So you’ve emailed the department about it already??</p>