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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My college freshman is using his AP credits for advanced placement and the ability to lighten his load. [/quote]

This. My college sophomore took 4 classes each semester last year (5 is the normal load at her school), because she got three extra credit from into foreign language (5 days a week), a science lab, and a fine arts.  This year, she is at 5 classes. After one week of classes, she is panicking about the increase workload.  It’s probably fewer contact hours and not actually a greater workload, but she’s super organized, had a routine, and the 5th class has thrown her.

And we can say, give it until the very end of add drop and if you still feel underwater, you can drop a class. I doubt she will.  She tends to get anxious about things but finds a way to stick with it. But, if necessary, she could do 4 classes all six semesters she has left and still have enough credits to graduate, with a cushion.  Just knowing that has pushed her out of panic mode and into problem solving and time management mode.

My kids are at a VA state school and a SLAC. Both schools accepted at least a semester of credit.  One kid had a couple APs count as pre-recs for higher classes (and retook into econ anyway because they weren’t confident, despite the AP score and they planned to me on in Econ). The other had them count for nothing special, but did get credit. But in most colleges, once a kid meets general college requirements and the classes for a major, they still need additional credits to graduate. Which is why kids minor or do a second major.  It that or take random classes that appeal  APs can chip away at those general credits. And if your kid needs to take a lighter load, goes overseas and can’t bring all the credit back, ends up in a class where they are over their head content wise, etc., the cushion is nice.

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