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Until the Faculty eliminated the exemption earlier this year, students could substitute Advanced Placement (AP) scores for Cores. The beauty of AP exams; for those who attended high schools offering AP biology, chemistry or physics, getting a score of four or five means that you can place out of one--but only one--of the science Core classes...
...science is the only requirement one can fill with AP credit. Harvard does not consider AP history or English scores as adequate substitutes for either historical studies or literature and arts Core requirements...
According to most Faculty members, allowing AP science classes to take the place of higher level Harvard ones leaves those students who to take advantage of this option at a disadvantage...
Sources: IRS, AP, Washington Post, American Association of Advertising Agencies, National Review
Time to get used to the Harvard attitude: Nothing but the H-stamp is good enough. Few foreign classes or AP classes count for anything, and internship credit requires an independent study, an advisor and a blood sample...