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Arkansas Schools Defy State’s AP African American Studies Limits

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Arkansas schools offered the course during the 2022-2023 school year. Last year, only 60 schools offered the course. It expanded to 700 this year. For 2024-2025, any school that can teach the course will be able to. The Arkansas LEARNS Act , signed in March, bans discussing a number of topics in schools, including critical race theory (CRT).

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How to Get Into Columbia Medical School: Requirements and Strategies

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Given that the 2022–2023 first-year cost of attendance (including estimated living expenses and fees) runs $102,286 earning a Columbia MD isn’t cheap. Note that AP credit will not count towards the prerequisites listed above. Interviews in the 2022–2023 application cycle will be held virtually.

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What You Need to Know About Evaluating the Value of AP Exam Credits

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In this 5 step process, you’ll know how much those college credits are worth. For brevity, we will use “AP” to represent the process for each type of possible college credit in this blog. . Determine if there is a maximum number of AP credits/courses a college will accept. Estimate the number of usable AP credits

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How to Succeed as a Rutgers Premed

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Chances are, you probably opted to take AP courses in high school to fast-track your college education by eliminating the number of courses you’d need to take. Additionally, AP credit usually counts for introductory college courses. Depending on the credits you entered college with (i.e.,

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How to Get Into the FlexMed Program at Icahn School of Medicine

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Note: For the 2022-2023 application cycle, the SAT and ACT requirement will be waived for students whose ability to take the exam was impeded by COVID.). As of the 2022–2023 academic year , Icahn charges $63,365 per year for tuition alone, and estimates the total cost of attendance to be around $84,690 each year.

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How to Succeed as a Vanderbilt Premed

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While VUSM doesn’t officially announce their acceptance rate, it’s assumed to have been around just 4% in 2022, similar to the undergraduate school. In 2021, out of 7,410 applicants only 96 students entered the class of 2025. Your application should go through AMCAS and once sent to VUSM, it will be reviewed holistically.

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How to Succeed as an Emory Premed

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Currently (for 2022-2023), Emory is ranked #22 among National Universities by U.S. For instance, if you scored a 4 or a 5 on the AP Bio exam, you can likely bypass an introductory Biology course in college. However, if you’re a premed student, you’ll still need to take two semesters of Biology.