Cross posted with Cardinal Fang.
I don’t exactly know how one would move into DMD at the end of freshman year, but, according to the DMD person,
“you can stay a Fine Arts applicant and you can apply to the DMD program at the end of your freshman year.” and “Each year we have students admitted to DMD from Fine Arts…”
It’s possible one could apply and not be accepted, so it’s not like my son would count in getting into DMD. It’s just something he might want to go for should he attend (and my dh thinks he should just stick with fine arts). Seems there are a lot of animation and digital design type classes in the fine arts course list:
http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/register/fnar.pdf
To clarify, my son has NOT taken any Calc AP exam. He’s only taking Calc I at the local community college this semester. He’ll take the Calc AB exam in May.
We’ll talk as a family this weekend before they go for a visit and make a plan as far as what to talk to admissions about, but yes, I guess it’s time to ask about the gap year.
I really, really appreciate all the input.
I know how fortunate my son is to have some excellent choices, but by his own words, it is stressful.