When I enrolled you needed a 5 on ALMOST every AP test. And community college credits? Forget it.
I'm not saying this applies to Tate, but there are a few differences these days.
First, most of the "community colleges" in Florida (not where Tate went to HS, I know) are now 4-year colleges, so dual enrollment is more accepted now. Second, when a kid TRANSFERS to UM, and he was already given credit by a decent university (I hate Ohio Taint, but it's a decent school), UM will usually honor it.
If there is any sort of question, the student can provide the syllabus for the courses that UM is questioning, and it is possible to appeal to have the credits granted.
But Hoya is also correct, if Tate were pre-med, Miami would likely not honor AP/dual enrollment science courses.
But if he is going into Business or Communications, there are a lot fewer CORE courses for which you can get AP credit in advance. Electives, yes. Miami gave me a full year of freshman English, History, Latin (1.5 years)...but I only got a half year of Calc and no science, as I was an Engineering major at the time.
Also, look at that list of AP classes that Miami grants. Most are 100 level (freshman) and are not the same as courses required in one's major. Thus, if you get AP credit in, say, Calculus, those are not usually the classes that you need in a math-heavy major such as Engineering. I got credit for Calc and Physics at the 100 level, but those were not courses in my major. Thus, I got credit towards my 120-credit requirement to graduate, but I made no progress towards the specific Calc and Physics classes I had to take, as my major actually required Differential Equations and other much-harder math and science courses.
