<p>A question for the ones who take 15+ AP tests by graduation from high school. Assuming that the majority of these tests score 4’s and 5’s, or perhaps all 5’s, many universities would award a large amount of credit. Of course, limitations are placed on how much credit can be earned in this way at some universities, but a student could easily enter college with junior or senior status right from high school. Stories like these don’t seem to appear that often. Do many of these students go to places that don’t accept too many AP credits, such as some of the Ivies? Obviously taking 15+ AP tests is “rare,” but given the number of students in the U.S., shouldn’t graduating from college in one or two years be an occurrence more than once every five or ten years? Just curious, because I’ve only heard of this happening once in my area.</p>
<p>Yeah, most of the Ivies don’t give too much credit except for a select few APs or elective credit…and people who take and pass 15+ APs probably tend to apply to the highest-ranked schools</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m on track to take 16-17 AP’s, and most of the schools I’m interested in don’t offer credit for most of them, or give general elective credits up to a certain amount.</p>
<p>I think a lot of people (well, relatively) graduate with enough credit to do this, but most choose not to for one reason or another. Most people I know who are in this situation have either gone to good schools that cap or don’t take AP credit, and the rest have mostly chosen not to graduate obscenely early even though they could. There are a lot of other options, such as early masters programs and dual degrees, that provide plenty to do for anyone entering college, however loaded up with credit. Of those who do choose to graduate in 1 or 2 years, I’d guess that most go straight on to grad school and those people tend to be relatively low-key about it.</p>
<p>Personally, I had enough college credit to graduate in about 1 and a half years if I had gone to a state school, but instead went to a school where I get absolutely no college credit from either AP tests or college classes I took in high school (although I do get placement). It just seems silly to me to deprive yourself of great college experiences just to get started on grad school or a real job a little early.</p>
<p>edit: also, AP tests can get a lot of credits out of the way, but they don’t do anything for major requirements. Someone with a lot of 5s on AP tests might have enough credits to graduate very early, but that might require only taking classes in a single discipline for the entirety of college, or it might be impossible due to prerequisites and the scheduling of classes.</p>