Should I Accept AP Science Credits?

MYOS1634
Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:12:05 +0000

If you’re attending a top 20 university/LAC, only skip if you took the final for the course and scored 90%+. However, many may not let you skip any class since virtually all admitted students will have AP classes and it may well be seen as the basic pre-req for freshman classes.

At your flagship or other, less selective colleges:
AP Calc will only get you out of 1st semester calc (1 year of AP content covers 1 semester at college, so the pace is much more intense in college). You should review before jumping into Calc2.
[assuming you’re not attending HarveyMudd or MIT]

Definitely don’t skip AP Bio since you took it sophomore year and got a 4. Even a 4 senior year indicates some lapses (and you can’t afford any as a premed) and since you took the class so long ago, you’ll create un-necessary trouble for yourself in a key subject.

AP Lit could get you out of Freshman English. You’ll still need to take 2 semesters of English/Humanities for premed though. You may get more choice if you don’t have to take Freshman English and, killing two birds with one stone, fulfill the “Humanities” requirement at your college while taking “Medical Humanities” classes, “History of Medicine”, etc.