<p>I’m just trying to get an idea of what courses people were generally exempt from, how, and whether it was a good idea to skip the college material. AP/IB courses are the big ones, but did anyone attend university classes during high school, and receive exemption from those courses their freshman year?</p>
<p>I’m taking an American Gov class at a state U this summer and was wondering if it would possibly contribute to my degree at all.</p>
<p>From AP BC Calculus, I received credit and placement for Calc I and Calc II. For coursework done at my high school, I received placement (but not credit) for Calc III and Linear Algebra. Since I didn’t get credit, I had to replace those with higher level math courses or retake them. I replaced Calc III with Diff. Eqs. and took Honors Linear.</p>
<p>I received nothing for either AP Latin exam (I could have used them to graduate early, but I got neither placement for credit - our AP policy is weird). I (rightfully) got nothing for my AB Comp Sci AP and Physics C APs, since those exams are easier than Brown’s versions.</p>
<p>So…very little. Many other schools I looked at did not want to give me even placement for Calc III and Linear, though, so I was happy.</p>
<p>For AP Lang/Comp I got six credits at my college, three for composition 101 and three for a literature elective. That was six gen ed credits out of the way, so I was happy about that. I also got six credits for history from AP Euro, which took care of another three credits of gen ed requirements. I haven’t taken an english class since hs and I’m signed up for my first college one in the fall, so I am worried about that long layoff.</p>
<p>Between the three majors I have pursued at different schools, I have been exempt from general chem, bio I and II, college writing and composition, and any history requirements. Also, I have not had to take a foreign language because my three credits of intermediate french met/exceeded the requirements at my first two schools, and I don’t have to take language for the BS in Psychology (which was replaced by extra math and science that I had already taken). If I had stayed in the BA program I would have needed three more credits of French though. </p>
<p>All of those were covered by AP classes except for French, which I took through an odd course offering at my high school in which I took the class there but got college credit from the local CC for it. I dropped it halfway through the year so I only got three credits, though, instead of the six I would have if I’d stayed with it.</p>
<p>I got exempt from 3 history classes (2 US and 1 Western Civ) because of AP US and AP Euro. I also got exempt from taking an English class because of the AP English Lit exam.</p>
<p>It really helped give me schedule freedom when picking courses. I also have senior status as a junior, which helps in room and course selection times.</p>
<p>I have taken 7 AP tests, and assuming that I passed with a 4 or above on those this year, then total I’ll have credit for: AP US Gov, APUSH, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Psych, AP Euro, & AP Calc AB. Those will turn into 9 classes of credits if I end up with 4s or 5s on those from this year, and add it to sophomore and junior years, which I have 4s on.</p>
<p>I’m attending a State U this fall</p>
<p>AP Calc AB - Calc I - 4 Credits
AP Calc BC (predicted) - Calc I and II - 8 Credits
AP Bio (predicted) - Gen Bio I and II - 8 Credits
AP Chem (predicted) - Gen Chem I - 4 Credits
AP Psych (predicted) - Psych - 3 Credits
AP Eng. Lang - ENC 1101/1102 - 6 Credits
AP Eng. Lit (predicted) - ENL 2022/AML 2070 - 6 Credits
AP World History - WOH 0301 - 3 Credits
AP USH - AMH 0301 3 Credits</p>
<p>I also passed (at least i think i did) all my IB exams, so I should have more credits. In all I’m entering my freshman year with as many AP/IB credits I can (45). I’ve also taken 23 or so credits at local state U as a dual enrollment student. The classes I’ve taken there will hopefully carry over.</p>
<p>Do as much as you can in high school and it’ll help tons when it comes down to picking classes for college.</p>
<p>As to whether or not you should accept the credit your eligible to get: I feel there is no reason to take a class you have credit for if your comfortable with the material. I plan on majoring in either Chem or Nuclear Engineering while on the pre-health track, and will accept as much AP/IB credit as i can.</p>
<p>Also watch out for what kind of credit you step getting fir your exams.</p>
<p>You nay only get departmental credit and that may not help you at all, or just general elective credit</p>
<p>differential calculus
integral calculus
[insert spanish course here]</p>
<p>this is due to : calc BC (5), and being fluent in Spanish</p>
<p>i got out of english 101 and 102 for my ap english language score. my major at my school only requires those two enlish classes, so im taking the credit lol no english for me! im still waiting on ap scores from this year though.</p>
<p>I only know a couple of classes. I’m still waiting on results from AP Euro, AP English Lit, AP Stats, and AP French, though AP French does not matter.</p>
<p>I scored a 3 on AP Music Theory last year, so that exempts me from taking a Fine Arts class. I took a dual-enrollment class in the fall in Speech and I received an A for that. It counts toward Speech 140 at my university and exempts me from one of two Humanities courses. I took a placement exam and scored a 6/7 which placed me in French 309, so I’m exempt from taking a Foreign Language at my university… I only needed a 4/7 or completion of French 122. Even if I got a 5 on AP French, I would only be placed in French 209… so my AP French score basically counts for nothing. Which is fine with me, because I probably got a 1 on that. lol</p>
<p>I went into college with 46 AP credits.</p>
<p>I got out of requirements for history, math, science, English, and foreign language. Graduated last spring without ever taking a single history, science, English, or language class in college.</p>
<p>I majored in Econ and skipped intro micro and macro. I didn’t have any problem jumping into a higher level class. For college math I started with honors calc 3, which was actually closer to basic real analysis. It was rough, but doable.</p>
<p>This was at UVa fyi. The situation is probably very different at other schools.</p>