<p>mamenyu,</p>
<p>the way I read the Phi Beta Kappa requirements, it appears that they will accept a maximum of 4 semester hours worth of AP credit in each of the three divisions. In other words, a minimum of five hours per division must be completed at Oberlin (in addition to meeting the 9-9-9 requirement for graduation.) Depending on the specific courses replaced by AP credit, the number of actual AP classes involved could vary from a minimum of three to perhaps as many as six.</p>
<p>Given that everyone majors in one of the divisions and therefore takes far more than nine hours at Oberlin in that division, the maximum possible impact would be having to allocate 5 semester hours worth of their available electives to each of the two non-major divisions. Given that a minimum of 112 semester hours are required for graduation and at most 84 of them can be in any one division, it would be very hard to avoid taking at least five hours worth of classes at Oberlin in at least one of the other two divisions.</p>
<p>Bottom line - anyone arriving with more than four hours of AP credit in their weakest division may have to allocate one or two classes more than anticipated of their available electives to that division if they want to be eligible for Phi Beta Kappa. Good to know about when putting together those four or five year plans.</p>