JeffreyTao

ap bio 5
ap chem 5
ap us 5
ap psych 5
ap enviro 5
ap calc b.c 5
ap eng lang 5
ap euro 4
ap comp sci 3---- < This dosen't matter right?... I wasn't even thinking about such minor details until my counselor talked to me about it and said it didn't look good.

I took a stats class at a community college too and got A's both semesters, but didn't take the ap stats exam. Does that matter?

JeffreyTao

I also got a B first semester in ap comp sci. The problem is, that for the first semester, we didn't cover almost any material on the ap exam. We had a lot of work, but it was all pointless theory and hardware topics. And second semester, my teacher quit, and a history teacher replaced him....Yes, a history teacher with no knowledge of comp sci. 2nd semester he just gave us a lot of work/tests on coding internet websites in html...

JeffreyTao

bumpity bump

energize

I hope you're not majoring in CS.

And no, don't bother retaking AP CS unless you really want to prove that you're somewhat proficient at Java.

JeffreyTao

lol, sorry, I meant pointless for the ap exam ;D

DrGoogle

Don't bother. You have enough 5s. It's time to focus your energy elsewhere.

Pancaked

You don't even have to submit your AP scores to colleges. If you really feel that 3 will bring you down, they don't need to know that you ever took it.

Don't retake it unless you're dying to get credit for CS101 in college.

ucbalumnus

No point in retaking AP CS A unless you are going to a college that accepts a 5 on AP CS A for some useful subject credit but does not accept a 3 (some colleges do not accept AP CS A for any subject credit).

If you intend on majoring in CS, consider reading this classic introductory CS textbook and doing the examples and exercises (book and Scheme language interpreter are free):
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