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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Name the school where your kids from the Big 5 or wherever are actually attending that gives college credit for AP exams.  Like real deal credit.  Back in the day you could use it graduate early etc which I did.  Then colleges caught on and are not interested in losing tuition.  I understand you can use AP exams to demonstrate how smart your are in math or a language to get you into a higher level class but that is not the same thing as an actual “college credit.”[/quote]

Does Princeton count?  My kid received actual, bona fide college credit for AP Calc and Physics C.

Not like anyone is graduating early, and they don’t accept many…but yes these are credit courses.[/quote]

Helpful. Didn’t know Princeton was still doing this and surprised they are.   Luckily, we are all going to Princeton. [/quote]

To set the record straight, he got credit for Chem AP...had to take the Physics placement test.  Thought it was reversed.

The overall point is that only Harvard, Dartmouth, Amherst, Brown, Caltech, Duke, Harvey Mudd, and Williams are the only schools that don't award AP credit for something.[/quote]

This is not true. My Big 10 engineering program did not award AP credit for math and science.[/quote]

Michigan engineering awards AP credits for Chemistry, CS, Calculus BC and Phyics C
Wisconsin awards AP credits for many math and science
Penn State awards AP credits for many math and science

The list goes on.  I don't know your Big 10, but Michigan is widely regarded as the "best", so it is quite possible that your Big 10 actually now does award credit.[/quote]

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