which colleges still give you credit for honors/AP courses?
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Fewer and fewer these days since the continued trend of watered down AP/Honors courses have really undercut the acedemic value of any such courses.  Most places still let you use APs to skip out of certain courses, and some will still give you credit.\n\nYour best bet for having your APs count for credit will be with your local state instututes.  They generally will be more in touch with waht is going on in your APs and may still have state mandated X AP = X credit regulations.
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AP History Online \nAP History Reviews by student who got a 5 on the APEH Test and ... European History Completed... New AP US History Additions... See United States Review...ap_history_online.tripod.com -
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god, I am not letting my brother join ib. its probably more convenient to just take Advanced Placement classes without the hooplah of the IB program. Its probably based on my experiences with friends who got stupid and missed one exam and was denied that stupid special diploma until they completed that final exam and passed. Better to just stay AP.
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All high school classes give you high school credits...\nTalk to the high school guidance counselor for more in depth information, I'm sure my high school's system is different than yours.
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you have to take writing SATII or you did before they made the new SAT I. but honestly people change their majors so much that the subjects of your SATII's don't matter that much. if you insist i would take biology or chemistry both were easy. it would be better for you to do well on the APs though because that can count for credit.
313172
Well, AP courses, while given in high school, are at college level. Your record certainly impresses me.
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AP statistics, Study hall, Honors Physics, Calculus, AP Government, Spanish 4, English 12, PE/Health\n\n\ni am a senior.
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That depends on your school. My high school weighted A.P. courses so that an A in an AP course was worth 5 gpa points and an A in a regular course was worth 4. If it's possible to take exclusively AP courses your senior year, I guess you could try for a 5.0, but keep in mind that the rankings for valedictorian measure total gpa over all four years.
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You should try to get some of the lower division requirements out of the way. This will vary from UC to UC. Check up the requirements for your major at the UC's website. Then, go to Assist.org -- choose your UC choice and your community college -- you can see which classes your CC offers that get you credit for those UC requirements. You may even be able to search by major on assist.org. It's a great resource.
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Well, its better to get an "A" in a regular class than a "C" in an honors class.\n\nWhen colleges look at your resume, they skim a bit. First, they see if your application looks good (A's) , THEN they look at the classes.\n\nA lot of colleges do not look at your FRESHMAN year as much as the rest.\n\nIf its only one class, then thats fine, as long as you take at least 1-2 AP's Junior year and 1-3 AP's Senior year.\n\nIts good that you worry about your grades! Good luck :]
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it depends. if you want to get into a strong, private college, try to take every class available and work your ass off. if you're shooting for a good UC, take mostly AP classes with honors. if you're doing anything below a UC or high state school, don't take too many, because you might burn out before college.
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I used to be. I graduated many years ago. Truthfully, if it hadn't been for the Honors College, my education would have been lacking. We had special lectures and challenging courses in economics, the arts and sciences and many other fields that simply weren't available to the rest of the campus (which I think, in retrospect, was a crime because everybody could have learned from them). I'm not sorry I did it, and would recommend it to anybody. You may end up not liking it and eventually make the choice to leave the program, but at least give it a try.
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Getting a B in an AP class.  A C is negotiable.  Colleges are more impressed by the difficulty of courses that you take rather than if you made all A's in easier classes.  Plus, if you score a 3 or more on an AP test you are likely to get actual college credit for it.  \nColleges want you to take full advantage of the resources available to you.
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University of Phoenix takes credits from everywhere - should be no problem in transferring them, as long as they are from a real school.  You still have to meet their minimum course requirements even if you transfer more than enough credits for whatever you are doing. \n\nCheers!
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I took AP English, Spanish, Calculus, History and Physics. I never tested in any of them, I just took them because they looked good when I applied to college. I did however take a test called the CLEP test for Spanish and scored high enough to get out of all my foreign language requirements for college plus I earned 14 hours of college credit. So I guess taking AP Spanish (or the cumulation of knowledge from 4 years of Spanish) paid off. I took honors Calc and Honors English in college, so yeah..I guess the AP classes paid off a little in getting into the better classes.
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College libraries have copies of AP books usually available for checkout. You might also check the public library.
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Some credits count depending on the university, but I'm pretty some of the credits won't count at all, it didn't for me.