<p>Hi ocmom, I just looked at the IE flowchart here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://eadvise.calpoly.edu/site_media/uploads/majors/ie/ie2011-13flowchart.pdf[/url]”>http://eadvise.calpoly.edu/site_media/uploads/majors/ie/ie2011-13flowchart.pdf</a></p>
<p>It looks like your daughter’s major requires 196 units and NO free electives. So if your daughter wants any real benefit from her AP tests, she would need to take the credit available according to the current AP document published for her year of entry (2013 will most likely be the same as 2012’s that you already found). If she takes the Cal Poly versions of the classes for which she should have gotten credit, she will end up with “elective credits” that don’t count toward her required curriculum at all. The only thing I can think of that would be a benefit of racking up lots of “elective credits” is that a few of the General Ed (such as C4) classes require that you be of at least junior standing and have completed certain other GE’s (like all of GE area A) before you can enroll in them. Lots of elective credits would help her to achieve that “junior standing” quicker. Admittedly, this is not much payoff for all her hard work. If she hopes to finish in 4 years, she might want to consider taking the AP credits she has earned and cut that 196 units down so that she can have a few quarters with lighter loads.</p>