Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 2003/03

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] AP Music Theory
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:10:37 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trish Mendenhall [mailto:trishm@-----.com]
>
> My experience is that the more exclusive the school, or the
> better regarded
> for the program, the more likely it is that only part of your credits may
> transfer, and that they may require you to take a placement test
> instead of
> directly transferring the credits. Remember, they're protecting their
> reputation for turning out well-educated graduates. Your mileage
> may vary,
> of course.
>
>
Seems to me I've heard of many schools that give a placement or proficiency
test to allow a student to skip an entry level course. This protects not
only the school's reputation but also the integrity of the more advanced
courses. This is, I think, a different issue from that of giving credit for
other schools' courses, which I cynically suspect has more to do with the
tuition payments' having gone to the other school as well. Letting a student
skip a level doesn't reduce the number of credits he eventually has to take
and pay for. Transferring credits does.

It happens that both of my daughters were able to transfer a limited number
of AP credits to their respective schools (they needed scores of 4 or
better, I think). Both schools were state schools (Penn State and U. of
Maryland). It may well be that the more exclusive the school, the less
likely it is to award credit for AP or other outside courses. ("*ALL* of our
incoming students are gifted...").

Karl Krelove

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