How did AP Credits Prove Useful?

momofboiler1
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:00:05 +0000

@gwnorth - your question wasn’t directed towards me but my dd is going to be a chem e so I thought I’d chime in. Her school accepted her AP credits for: AP calc, AP Physics - both E&M and Mechanics, AP language, APUSH, AP euro, and AP stats. She also got credit for her DE courses in Spanish and Gov.

AP calc allowed her to skip ahead and start in Calc II

AP stats counts towards one of her required math electives

AP language got her out of one of her two required communications courses (AP lit doesn’t transfer in her school)

The history APs and spanish got her out of the other general ed requirements

The rest of the credits just impact her “standing” and helped her get priority scheduling for courses and housing

She opted not to try to skip ahead in chemistry at her advisor’s suggestion, and engineering physics is integrated into her required honors engineering design class.

She was just offered a co-op though and if she accepts, there will be no chance of graduating early because of course sequencing challenges.