Looks like good news for new students

UVADeanJ
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:59:39 +0000

The bill requires a policy. It does not seem to require credit.



1. Outline the conditions necessary for the institution to grant course credit, including the minimum required scores on examinations for courses in the International Baccalaureate or Advanced Placement programs; and

I’m not involved in granting credit here (that’s done by your individual schools) and I’d rather make you all happy than disappoint you, but I don’t think this bill requires anything that isn’t being done already.

I have a little experience watching the legislative process in the Commonwealth and reading the language of these bills. I have to imagine that the weakening of the bill was a calculated first step.



The HL exams are more difficult than AP tests, for sure. The SL exams are significantly less difficult than the AP counterparts.

This is an opinion that I have heard for years. It seems to make sense that the two top scores on the AP exams get credit while the top three scores on the HL exams get credit.