Should I Use My AP Credit?

Creekland
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:56:32 +0000

~ Should try the college’s old final exams of courses to be skipped before deciding whether to skip.

This, if you can, or talk with a professor in that department (not admissions) to see what their thoughts are. I’ve seen kids repeat courses and get bored and I’ve seen kids skip courses and wish they hadn’t because the course at the U was far more in depth than AP and they were behind in their next course, esp with Calc, Bio, and Chem.

It depends far more on the school than one would think. There is no “one way is correct for all schools” answer. The default tends to be to retake the courses (not using AP credit) because a “bored A” is better than a “wow that was tougher than expected B or C” when one needs a high GPA. However, if you can take a prior final exam you’d have a better idea where you fit in. Most profs also know whether AP is a good pre-req or not regardless of what their school says about accepting credit.