What experiences have people in this forum had where students applied AP credits to their degree and finished in less than four years? There is the obvious economic advantage of eliminating a semester or two of tuition, at the expense of missing out on the "whole college experience" of four undergraduate years. While that's relevant to the topic, it's been discussed to a certain extent in these forums before.
What I'm looking for are examples of the pros and cons where students have cut short their four years (or finished in four years and not five or more) due to applying their AP credits. How uncommon is it? How did it affect their college experience? Could they complete the major or double-major they wanted without overwhelming them? Did they go on to graduate school? Go directly to a career? Did it affect their job opportunities - negatively or positively - by leaving early? Did it make a big difference financially? Socially? Would they do it again if they had a do-over?
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