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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never assumed that the kids should use them to advance in level as freshman in college. Bad idea. Ok to use the APs as credit for gen education requirements so they can take more interesting electives, but  they should be taking calc and physics and chem etc at college at the entry levels even if they took AP versions in high school. [/quote]

Not always.  My kid is at a T40 school, engineering major.  Took Calc 3/4 freshman year and got A- in both.   Got credit for AP Physics C Mech (got a 5), took 2nd semester of Physics (E&M) freshman year at college and got an easy A.  By end of freshman year they had finished all but 3 courses for sophomore year (school has a strict schedule where engineering majors take each course, as they are often only offered 1 semester). That opens up the door for an easy minor as well as the opportunity to take a lighter load junior and senior year, if needed when the engineering curriculum is extremely intense (spring semester junior year is 13 credits of intense engineering and everyone says DO NOT take another course like suggested)

However, I would not recommend taking the AP credit for something in a major unless you got a 5 and feel you understood the material. [/quote]

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