How many use AP credits to save on costs

billcsho
Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:55:12 +0000

At some school like UMich, the game rule is very tricky. First, you need to be very picky on which AP credit to transfer. It is not just the total number of credits that matter but whether they will give you better placement and skip some pre-req course or fulfill certain graduation requirement. Second, you don’t want to have extra credits as that would likely make you to pay upperclassmen tuition earlier without necessarily accelerating your graduation. Third, the course sequence will still limit how much faster you may go with those AP credits.
My D got 33 AP credits and 5 summer course credit and most of them are useful credits to allowed her to skip 5 pre-req course and most electives/GS credits, that are more than a whole year of workload. Nevertheless, she will still need a total of 3.5 years to graduate with her major. Even with additional AP credits from 2 other useful courses would not further accelerate her graduation but cost her $2000 more.