How come Caltech doesn't take any AP credits?

cghen
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:11:41 +0000

Caltech offers their own placement exams (in math, physics, chemistry, and biology), which are a much better way of assessing knowledge and ability than AP tests. It takes a bit of effort to do these, but really, only the students that can do these with little preparation should skip these classes.

That being said, the humanities and social science department could do a much better job of finding a way to provide credit for those who really don’t need to go through freshman humanities.