How many use AP credits to save on costs

ucbalumnus
Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:55:37 +0000

PurpleTitan:

Wanting to know why it is such a small number was part of the reason why I asked in the first place.

Perhaps because few students and parents choose an expensive college where graduating in fewer than 8 semesters is required to be (barely) affordable? (Although there are probably many students who can barely afford the local state university, so they would benefit from shaving a semester off. But these students are less likely to be the ones on these forums – and those with lots of AP credit would be more likely to be able to get large scholarships or admission to schools with good financial aid to relieve the financial pressure that way.)