<p>UC policy is to grant credit units only once when you have courses and/or AP credit that substantially duplicate material covered.</p>
<p>In general, it is not worthwhile to repeat your AP credit unless you need to fulfill a requirement where using AP credit is not allowed (e.g. major requirements for the political science major at Berkeley – see <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> or the major departments at your target schools to check). The other possible reason to repeat your AP credit is if the course to be skipped is a key prerequisite for other courses, and trying the final exams for the college course indicates that your knowledge of the material is weaker than the college course expects.</p>
<p>If you intend to major in any kind of biology, you probably need to take general chemistry (a 1 score on the AP test means that you are not getting credit even if the school may allow it), organic chemistry, and general biology (though some schools may allow AP biology credit for this). Physics for biology majors is also typically required. Check <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> .</p>