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Originally Posted by Crocus
I'm afraid I don't understand much of this - I have not had the time to look it up. These are different kinds of exams that make you eligible for college? I assume they are open for high school students? And how can you get college credits from an entrance exam? From what I read I thought your university credits worked like ours do, where you get credits from passing uni courses, and certain combinations of credits might lead to a degree, but then you actually have to take the course first...
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I didn't go to college here either - they are very different from the system I'm used to... I'm guessing AP courses and the like can be used as prerequisites, so if you get a good enough grade in AP English you might not have to take English 101, or something like that...??
It seemed a little bizarre to me when I first came here that you would take classes unrelated to your major in college, but when you consider that American students don't have to choose their major until well after they start college, it makes sense.
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At poor peace I sing
To you strangers (though song
Is a burning and crested act,
The fire of birds in
The world's turning wood,
For my sawn, splay sounds,)
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