I know this is very privileged to be able to say, but I don’t want my kids to graduate early. I’m sad how fast this year went. It’s such a great season of life.

Anonymous wrote:UMich much more friendly to community college credits. CC credits also help a student get better priority for class registration where AP credits offer no help.

NoVa CC is your friend!

Original poster here—UMich has a lot of prerequisite classes for majors. My kid had six prerequisites before even getting started on the 42 hour data science major.

CC is a good way to get through the prerequisites. However, I appreciate that the school wants to have on ramps for students of different backgrounds who need the additional coursework.

UMich much more friendly to community college credits. CC credits also help a student get better priority for class registration where AP credits offer no help.

NoVa CC is your friend!

DC school allow 30 credits, it allows double major with a lighter course load.

My kid at Brown has notation on transcript for their class equivalent of bio, chem, apes and calc. Zero credit but used for placement.

DD was able to use her scores to skip the 100-level intro courses, but the credit hours didn't count toward those needed for her major.

The only way to graduate early at her university is to take a full summer load for 2 years, but even then it is very difficult because not every course is offered during the summers.

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Anonymous wrote:For private T20, you don't get "credit" to graduate early. It may waive certain required curriculum, but that's it. There's no graduating early.

That's a public college thing.

That's not true. You can graduate from UPenn up to one year early if you choose to do so and you have completed all the required credits...which can include AP test scores for intro Math, Science, and Language classes. You usually need a 5 on any AP Test to get the credit.

I gather there are others in the Top 20 that allow the same.

That's not what I've seen in the Ivies. You can use the AP as a pre-requisite for a more advanced class than the foundational requirements, but using it to graduate early is not typical. Ivies typically require a specific number of credits or semesters to be completed, regardless of AP credit earned.

This is the case for my DD at Brown. She was able to get a higher placement in two different areas, but she had to take another elective in its place.

This. At northwestern.

Northwestern accepts a ton of APs for credit. You have to score mostly 5s…Will accept some 4s.

Here’s the current chart concerning what you need to get credits in the Weinberg College at Northwestern:

https://weinberg.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/first-year-transfer/first-year/placement-and-credit/ap-and-ib-exams/apib-credit-2024-25.html

Northeastern says a certain test score gets you out of freshman comp in English, so that’s a plus.

My kids at T20 did not get credit. They wanted to see the academic rigor in HS, but getting a five on AP Calc didn’t get them out of Calc

Mine got credit for his AP English so he didn't need to take English 101. This is at a Jesuit university and it looks like they accepted 4s and 5s for most AP tests.

My kid is at an OOS public and is on track to graduate in 3.5 years, not 4. This is due to 4-5 AP classes where they got 4 or 5s. (A few APs, they got 2s so those didnt count).

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Anonymous wrote:For private T20, you don't get "credit" to graduate early. It may waive certain required curriculum, but that's it. There's no graduating early.

That's a public college thing.

That's not true. You can graduate from UPenn up to one year early if you choose to do so and you have completed all the required credits...which can include AP test scores for intro Math, Science, and Language classes. You usually need a 5 on any AP Test to get the credit.

I gather there are others in the Top 20 that allow the same.

That's not what I've seen in the Ivies. You can use the AP as a pre-requisite for a more advanced class than the foundational requirements, but using it to graduate early is not typical. Ivies typically require a specific number of credits or semesters to be completed, regardless of AP credit earned.

This is the case for my DD at Brown. She was able to get a higher placement in two different areas, but she had to take another elective in its place.

This. At northwestern.

Northwestern accepts a ton of APs for credit. You have to score mostly 5s…Will accept some 4s.

But you have to take something in its place as a freshman.

You can graduate early with it if you want and use AP credits. They do have some minimum number of quarters, but you can graduate up to one year early.

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Anonymous wrote:For private T20, you don't get "credit" to graduate early. It may waive certain required curriculum, but that's it. There's no graduating early.

That's a public college thing.

That's not true. You can graduate from UPenn up to one year early if you choose to do so and you have completed all the required credits...which can include AP test scores for intro Math, Science, and Language classes. You usually need a 5 on any AP Test to get the credit.

I gather there are others in the Top 20 that allow the same.

That's not what I've seen in the Ivies. You can use the AP as a pre-requisite for a more advanced class than the foundational requirements, but using it to graduate early is not typical. Ivies typically require a specific number of credits or semesters to be completed, regardless of AP credit earned.

This is the case for my DD at Brown. She was able to get a higher placement in two different areas, but she had to take another elective in its place.

This. At northwestern.

Northwestern accepts a ton of APs for credit. You have to score mostly 5s…Will accept some 4s.

But you have to take something in its place as a freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:For private T20, you don't get "credit" to graduate early. It may waive certain required curriculum, but that's it. There's no graduating early.

That's a public college thing.

That's not true. You can graduate from UPenn up to one year early if you choose to do so and you have completed all the required credits...which can include AP test scores for intro Math, Science, and Language classes. You usually need a 5 on any AP Test to get the credit.

I gather there are others in the Top 20 that allow the same.

That's not what I've seen in the Ivies. You can use the AP as a pre-requisite for a more advanced class than the foundational requirements, but using it to graduate early is not typical. Ivies typically require a specific number of credits or semesters to be completed, regardless of AP credit earned.

This is the case for my DD at Brown. She was able to get a higher placement in two different areas, but she had to take another elective in its place.

This. At northwestern.

Northwestern accepts a ton of APs for credit. You have to score mostly 5s…Will accept some 4s.

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Anonymous wrote:For private T20, you don't get "credit" to graduate early. It may waive certain required curriculum, but that's it. There's no graduating early.

That's a public college thing.

That's not true. You can graduate from UPenn up to one year early if you choose to do so and you have completed all the required credits...which can include AP test scores for intro Math, Science, and Language classes. You usually need a 5 on any AP Test to get the credit.

I gather there are others in the Top 20 that allow the same.

Same for Georgetown, you can graduate one year early.