<p>“We know a kiddo who got 60 credit hours but repeated ALL the calculus and physics he had taken in HS at USoCal engineering (which the U recommended), even tho he got 5s in all the AP exams.”</p>
<p>I am sure all 60 hours were not calculus and physics. That probably was anywhere from 8-16 hours. It sounds like a lot, but there’s a reason why universities recommend that engineering students repeat those classes. They have a better chance of success, and their gpa will be much better. What if he had NOT done that, had missed something that particular university wanted him to get - wound up making a B or a C in Calculus II and struggling the rest of the way through. This is a scenario universities have seen often. The approach they suggest is much safer for the kid.</p>