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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, Chicago is of course known for its very serious education.

I think the [b]"AP = college credit" approach is wrongheaded and a missed opportunity.  It shouldn't be seen as a means to get the degree faster.  Instead they can just skip some survey courses and take more advanced classes.[/b]  AP is mostly stuff that a good secondary school system would teach anyway.  You can't get AP to get advanced standing at Yale, Columbia, Chicago etc. because the gen ed courses are more rigorous than AP courses.[/quote]

yes yes yes.  Students should make use of their 4 years to get to the most advanced courses they can take, depth and breadth. Ivies Chicago and the like are structured to be 4-years for this reason. More and more, internships care about coursework completed. Jobs definitely do. Grad school cares a lot, as does med school! AMCAS lists minimum required courses as well as suggested courses, in a table by med school. The top med schools expect premeds to take all suggested upper levels and more! Course rigor plus research with faculty is how one stands out among a sea of 3.9/515+ students all gunning for the top 20 med schools which have the widest variety of subspecialty exposure and the most cutting edge treatments. [/quote]

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