Advance placement courses to satisfy prerequisites?

[rankin]

I see numerous US schools state that AP credits can be used to satisfy requirements they may have (such as for english). Does this mean a high-school OAC/12 level course can satisfy the prerequisite?

 

Thanks.

[Jochi1543]

You have to e-mail every school you're planning on applying to. I know some take OAC (MSU, for example) and some don't.

 

From the archive:

 

xlinked06-17-2003, 05:55 PM

which schools accept OAC ENGLISH as their english prereq? i have taken 6 first year course already so i cannot take that first english now.(my school allow us to take only 6 first year courses) any suggestion?

 

thanks in advance

 

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LaGriega07-17-2003, 12:36 PM

This English course thing is a big pain. Some schools will accept it IF you have had the course certified as advanced placement credit by a university, and it shows up on your transcript. Other schools will not accept AP credit for any of their prereq courses.

 

I asked my state school about the English requirement, and they told me I would still have to take 3 undergrad English courses; they will not waive the requirement although I took grade 13 English. (I also wrote a thesis, 27 journal papers, and worked as a professional editor and writer for a couple of years.) I don't resent the course work as much as I resent paying $1500 to prove that I can read and write.

 

You might have to take second-year or higher courses; or just do correspondence courses at Waterloo or something.

 

 

Also here

 

http://www.premed101.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-8049.html