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In reply to the discussion: One teen’s standardized testing horror story (and where it will lead) [View all]exboyfil
(18,243 posts)Every course transfers. I have met and discussed with Iowa prior to signing her up. Thanks for the heads up though.
It is an irony that Iowa does not do a very good job accepting AP credit (for example you need a 5 on the Chemistry AP for a semester credit in engineering). You cannot get out of the freshman requirement in Rhetoric no matter if you pass both AP English tests (you can get Literature credit towards satisfying a Humanities requirement). AP Calculus AB requires a 4 for credit for one semester of Calculus (you still get one semester credit with a 3 on Calculus BC). Several other AP classes are not used at all (such as Biology).
You are right that the AP courses are expected for entry into the more prestigious private colleges and they do not recognize community college, regional universities, and even flagship state universities in some cases. As far as I am concerned the privates are a rigged game, and I am not going to have my daughters waste their effort on them at the undergraduate level (graduate school is another thing). The perspective may be different on the coasts though. Our only top tier privates are about five hours from here (University of Chicago), and it does not offer engineering. I am not sure my daughter could get a high enough score on the ACT/SAT for serious consideration either. Her classroom performance has always outstripped the standardized testing.
I can't imagine any college not accepting credit from Syracuse which is an excellent university. Hope your kids are enjoying college.
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