<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>