Suppose you enter the AFA when you have taken college credits already (some calculus, chemistry, physics, english). How will this affect your curriculum ? Will you still stay at the academy for the full 4 years ?

No matter what you will stay the full four years. Depending on how you did and which college you attended you may be able to validate some classes. However the math/physics/chem placement exams you take will dictate which math courses you can get out of.

Follow-up question :

If you were able to validate some classes (primarily basic bio / chem / physics / calculus I and II), basically you cover almost a year of academic studies. Does this mean that you will be taking some sophomore classes in your freshman year ? If so, what will happen on your senior year ? I know that for some military / physical ed subjects it will take the 4 years but would you not be underloaded for some semesters ?

Im not entirely sure because I didn't validate anything, but my guess is you would take the 200 level stuff freshman year and have a lighter schedule later on. But there is a set number of credits you have to take to get a degree. And you have to know the material REALLY well to validate. Max i have heard of anyone getting out of is two maybe three classes.

Also, I dont think you can validate Bio.

Thanks for the replies.

I'm attending summer seminar on June so this is one question I'll ask admission officers.

The reasons I'm inquiring on this is I'm basically on a high school junior standing but I'm on an early college program wherein I'm taking college courses at a university. I should be able to get 1-2 years of college credits after two years in the program before I really 'entered' college so I'm curious if I can get the same credits at the AF Academy.

You can validate pretty much any course here. Some will be tested during basic, while you must contact each department to attempt validation for other classes.

In 2006, they had validation tests for Calc I-III, Chemistry, Comp Sci, and maybe one or two others.

If you validate, you will normally be placed in the next level course. If you validate a higher level/majors course, you can pick something else.

Examples:
Validate Calc I, you get placed in Calc II
Chemistry can be completely validated, or you can be placed in a 222 course (if you pass that, you get credit for that course plus 2 100 level courses)
Comp Sci can be validated, or you can be placed in an honors class.
Language classes can be validated by taking a test by DFF (I validated the 100 level courses by asking and doing about 10-15 pages of work sheets for various level classes)

If you validate, you free up more classes for your choosing, or can take fewer classes. While some majors often have 7-class semesters, I will not (partly due to majors selection, and partly to validating several classes)

You should also realize that the "college credit" courses you take in high school may not be accepted by the academy as legitimate.... I had a buddy who went to virginia tech (a pretty difficult school) and got an A- in english which the academy wouldnt validate as well as a b- in calc I and II that the academy wouldnt accept.