09-21-2006, 05:52 AM
I just read that article myself about twenty minutes ago. ;)
Really, though...what he did wasn't all that amazing. Since he went to a public college rather than a private university, they accepted all of his AP credits. When I went to RIT...they accepted none of mine. NONE. ZERO. I had 23...
Ultimately, this gets him nowhere in life. AP courses, while they good on a transcript for college, are poor substitutes for the real thing. Trust me, I know. I had to go through them. And then not get them acknowledged, and do the REAL thing. Granted, the knowledge I gained from AP Calculus was useful when I had to take single-var calc again, but it was hardly a substitute. And I think that employers will know that.
Really, though...what he did wasn't all that amazing. Since he went to a public college rather than a private university, they accepted all of his AP credits. When I went to RIT...they accepted none of mine. NONE. ZERO. I had 23...
Ultimately, this gets him nowhere in life. AP courses, while they good on a transcript for college, are poor substitutes for the real thing. Trust me, I know. I had to go through them. And then not get them acknowledged, and do the REAL thing. Granted, the knowledge I gained from AP Calculus was useful when I had to take single-var calc again, but it was hardly a substitute. And I think that employers will know that.