[qwerty49]

OTOH, it's probably harder to graduate from Stanford in 3 years than U$C, and why would you want to?)

At one point it would have been.  But Stanford is now allowing up to 45 units of AP credit.  When I was an undergrad, AP could be used for prereqs but was sharply limited for units.  But now it is possible to have a year's worth of Stanford satisfied with AP courses.

And athletes often wind up taking a lot of summer courses.

I agree that it would be foolish to think that the AP experience was anything close to the Stanford experience.  But it is certainly possible to do it in three for someone in a rush.

Wow, that is a big deal.  Back in the Jurassic Age, I seem to remember I had 14 or 15 AP "credits" that didn't count toward units.  Could have saved a whole quarter's tuition had they been allowed to count.

[qwerty49]

OTOH, it's probably harder to graduate from Stanford in 3 years than U$C, and why would you want to?)

At one point it would have been.  But Stanford is now allowing up to 45 units of AP credit.  When I was an undergrad, AP could be used for prereqs but was sharply limited for units.  But now it is possible to have a year's worth of Stanford satisfied with AP courses.

And athletes often wind up taking a lot of summer courses.

I agree that it would be foolish to think that the AP experience was anything close to the Stanford experience.  But it is certainly possible to do it in three for someone in a rush.

Wow, that is a big deal.  Back in the Jurassic Age, I seem to remember I had 14 or 15 AP "credits" that didn't count toward units.  Could have saved a whole quarter's tuition had they been allowed to count.