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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
AP isn't just for prereqs - it is considered a college-level course. With a 4 or a 5 score I could replace a whole course towards graduation, and it just read as AP Art History or whatever on my transcript. It was useful for keeping me on track for graduation when I studied abroad for a year on a program that my college would not give me full credit for since they weren't affiliated.
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Now it is somewhat different. "Some" universitie do it the way you and I did it, the old way, but some universities like my son's change the rules several years back. He is a National AP scholar that took 6 AP test in 2014. His particular school allowed him to skip All Freshmen level classes, and take 300-400 level glasses in English, economics, etc. He did have 3 classes from the community college that they gave him credit. If he had gone to some other schools he applied to he could have started as a sophomore.
Unfortunately, Schools change things from year to year. Some departments in certain schools will not give AP credit. This seems to be a trend in more select colleges, and prestigious departments. I believe it is all about the dollar. The more they allow classes from outside there university, the less they get.