<p>I mean, if I’m reading correctly, U of C doesn’t really take any of the AP English tests, so there shouldn’t be a problem… right?</p>
<p>Well any unlisted AP classes can be used for 3 elective credits, I think…</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what it says in the catalog. Does anyone know if those elective credits can be used toward a major (when the major requires electives)?</p>
<p>Almost never. </p>
<p>If they won’t count it for a specific field, they won’t count it for a major.</p>
<p>wait so a test like ap euro or ap us history, if i have a 5 on those…can i get any credit at all? for electives?</p>
<p>and if you get credit (5 on AP Physics), just making sure, that removes a certain amount of courses from your total 42 courses?</p>
<p>sorry, if anyone can help clear this, that would be amazing. thanks.</p>
<p>To graduate you need at least 42 credits, which breaks down to
Major + Core + General Electives => 42 but the 42+ credits have to be distributed in a certain way.
Some majors require as few as 11 classes while others require as many as 21. I’m not sure if those are the exact bounds, but it’s something like that.
The Core requires 18 classes if you come in with no AP credit, and don’t place out of any foreign language classes.
General Electives = 42 - Major - Core, and they can be any classes you want.</p>
<p>If you have a 5 on AP Euro and AP US, then you will get 6 general elective credits (which is the maximum amount allowed). Therefore you only need 36 credits to graduate. I know 5 on AP Physics will give you some sort of credit for the physical sciences requirement of the core. So you actually need 34 classes to graduate or something like that. </p>
<p>Here is a link to the AP credit info [Courses</a> & Programs of Study](<a href=“http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/credit/index.shtml]Courses”>http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/credit/index.shtml)</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the info. </p>
<p>On the website, however, credit is not listed for AP exams like Euro, Literature, and US History. It’s mainly only for physics, calculus, history, etc. I’m assuming Euro, Lit, and US still count, but the credit just goes towards your Electives?</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, just let me know if this makes sense or is correct:</p>
<p>AP Calc BC: 5 —> 2 Credits from the Core
AP Physics: 4 or 5 —> 2 Credits from the Core
AP Euro: 5 –> 3 Credits from Electives
AP US: 5—> 3 Credits from Electives</p>
<p>Since I have six credits from the elective, I can get no more. </p>
<p>Therefore I have instead of 42 required courses, 32? 4 less from the core and 6 less from the elective.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that’s correct.</p>
<p>This is probably a dumb question…but how do you cancel AP tests? Do you get a refund? Because I just found out that one of my tests won’t give me any credit, so I really don’t want to take it…</p>
<p>Worst case scenario, just don’t show up. I doubt you would get money back, but you would not get a zero either.</p>
<p>sry, but back to the original question. they’re not going to care if we dont take some of the AP tests we said we were right? bc there is no way i can make a respectable score in AP bio.</p>
<p>U of C will not care if you do not take the AP exams. There are placement tests during O-week for math, languages and even bio so that you will be able to register for courses appropriately.</p>
<p>AP Biology is one of the easiest tests out there – pure memorization. Meanwhile, core biology at Chicago is notoriously bad from a workload perspective (and without AP credit you will be stuck taking it), so I suggest gunning for an AP 4 as much as possible to get out of it.</p>
<p>Just to quickly get back to the issue before about canceling AP tests. I’m not sure if it is too late, but you should be able to just tell your guidance department that you wish to drop the exam. You will get a refund, but you will also get charged a $15 processing fee.</p>
<p>It sucks, because out of all of my AP exams, only Bio and Spanish will count. I don’t even have to study that hard for Spanish. I just need a three on that. </p>
<p>Oh well, that means I can concentrate on Bio and get a 4.</p>