AP, IB , Honors and College credit

[Anonymous]

How do students get college credit for these courses? Is it specific to each college/university? Do students need to check with colleges they would be interested before signing up for the track?

[Anonymous]

What's your goal--shortening your time in college? Or testing into higher level classes from the start?

In my high school peer group and at my college, people used AP test scores to get into a higher level college class (skipping an intro, for example) but not to shorten their time in college. So I'd never have applied to College A versus College B because in differences in how they treated the scores.

In my experience, then, people generally signed up for the track, took the classes, applied to colleges, got in, decided where to go, and then found out the college policies on how they treated the courses.

If you want to minimize time spent at college, though, it would probably make sense to do more research about college/university policies in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal--shortening your time in college? Or testing into higher level classes from the start?

In my high school peer group and at my college, people used AP test scores to get into a higher level college class (skipping an intro, for example) but not to shorten their time in college. So I'd never have applied to College A versus College B because in differences in how they treated the scores.

In my experience, then, people generally signed up for the track, took the classes, applied to colleges, got in, decided where to go, and then found out the college policies on how they treated the courses.

If you want to minimize time spent at college, though, it would probably make sense to do more research about college/university policies in advance.

My goal is both. want to skip intro classes or prerequisites. however, in the process if time at college can be minimized, surely want that to save cost and go for graduate degree.

[Anonymous]

Many colleges will offer credit for good scores on AP and IB exams. Generally, colleges publish their credit-by-examination policy on the registrar's webpage. Because the content of Honors courses is determined locally at a high school or school system, and because there isn't a national or internatinal exam at the end, there won't be credit for Honors courses.

[Anonymous]

It varies dramatically by college. They usually post it on their websites. Take a look at the Dartmouth site as a good example. Soemtimes APs help get out of prerequisites. Sometimes you can get credit. Soemtimes it requires a score of 4 or 5, other times only a 5.

My DC is and will be taking a lot of APs not because of the potential for college credit but because the classes tend to have good teachers and the most engaged students. If whatever college he ends up at gives some credit for that so much the better.

[Anonymous]

My kids are MCPS students. The feeling at our h.s. is that "honors" classes are a joke. AP classes or the IB program are the way to go for both challenging course work and possible college credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are MCPS students. The feeling at our h.s. is that "honors" classes are a joke. AP classes or the IB program are the way to go for both challenging course work and possible college credit.

I don't think honors classes are a joke but at our school they are more like "on level". The on level classes are more remedial.