> that allows you to save money by skipping courses. At least in my limited experience with the people at the UCs, the AP classes only counted toward credit ho

> that allows you to save money by skipping courses. At least in my limited experience with the people at the UCs, the AP classes only counted toward credit hours. They did not count towards GE and Major requirements. In that, if you got a 5 on the Physics AP, you still had to take Physics I to get the GE and Major requirements [0]. Also, your score on the AP test was the credit hours you received. So a 3 on the US History AP only gave 3 credit hours, while a 5 on the Chemistry would give 5. The people I know that went through this had done so a while back. So thing may have changed, of course. [0] As in, if you needed/wanted to later take Physics II, you had to take Physics I at the UC, the AP test would not waive the requirement.