In Need of Clarification

Icarus
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:08:41 +0000

The problem isn’t with claiming AP credit with your undergrad institution, but rather trying to claim it with med schools. A few will accept it for pre-req courses, but the vast majority will not, so you’ll end up needing a year of calculus, a year of english, a year of bio, etc. in actual college classes anyway.

As for why it’s looked down upon - AP’s aren’t accepted by most med schools or are looked down upon because they simply don’t rise to the rigor of the college versions of the course. I took plenty of AP and IB courses in high school - not one of them compared to a college-level course.