Retake vs. keep AP Credit

juillet
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:07:05 +0000

A lot of unis will MAKE you retake the courses – the AP will only count if you’re not majoring in that field. For example, AP biology students at my college still had to take BIO 111 their first semester, if they were biology majors. They still got the 4 hours of credit, but it didn’t substitute for the major course.

If you’re planning on majoring or minoring in the field that you took the AP, you should definitely retake the course. Or if it’s something like pre-med where you need the classes to go to medical school, retake it. Better to retake it now and have no questions on your transcript than to find out years down the line that you can apply to some schools because they won’t accept your AP bio/chem credit.