<p>If this helps anyone, my kid chose NOT to use any of his AP test scores at Cal Poly except for history, and other non-STEM related classes. He wanted to take these classes at the college level to solidify his foundation.</p>
<p>I questioned his choice, but he insisted on retaking some of these classes. As a result he is doing very well in ME while a lot of other kids are suffering. His poor roommate will most likely have to drop out engineering because he did not have a strong enough core. Once you get into classes like statics and dynamics, etc. You have to have a powerful foundation otherwise you get lost pretty fast.</p>
<p>Yeah, I argued that graduation might be delayed. But I get it now. Better to graduate a bit later than suffer a poor GPA or wind up on academic probation. It all comes down to graduating with a GPA higher than a 3.0 for getting hired in industry. So far, so good. Way above a 3.0 for now.</p>