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What You Need to Know About Evaluating the Value of AP Exam Credits

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In this 5 step process, you’ll know how much those college credits are worth. For brevity, we will use “AP” to represent the process for each type of possible college credit in this blog. . Determine if there is a maximum number of AP credits/courses a college will accept. Estimate the number of usable AP credits

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Medical School Requirements in 2024: The Definitive Guide

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Be aware that AP credits, even if accepted by your undergraduate institution, might not be permitted to satisfy certain medical schools’ requirements. We often get asked whether a double major or a minor boosts your odds of getting into med school. So long as you get them all done before matriculation, you’ll be just fine.

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How to Succeed as a Duke Premed

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High-achieving high school students always have questions about using AP credits. At Duke, students can subtract a total of two AP credits from the 34 needed for graduation, so students with at least two credits will only need to complete 32 credits at Duke to graduate in four years.

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How to Succeed as a Rutgers Premed

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Chances are, you probably opted to take AP courses in high school to fast-track your college education by eliminating the number of courses you’d need to take. Additionally, AP credit usually counts for introductory college courses. Depending on the credits you entered college with (i.e.,

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How to Succeed as a Georgetown Premed

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It works similarly for other courses for which you may have earned AP credit. If you already have your sights set on a specific medical school, you can also see how they view AP credit when it comes to the premed requirements.

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How to Succeed as a UChicago Premed

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Psychology: One course PSYC 20300 PSYC 20200 Sociology: One course SOCI 20002 SOCI 20295 While the above-mentioned courses would satisfy the premed course requirements, each student’s journey will be different depending on their major and/or whether they entered college with AP credits.

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How to Succeed as a Johns Hopkins Premed

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As a warning, students should be careful when using AP credits to place ahead of introductory courses. The content taught in these AP courses may not always match perfectly with the material that is taught in the equivalent Hopkins courses, information which may be needed down the road for exams such as the MCAT.