HopefulHoo'sDad

I think I should correct an earlier misstatement on this thread concerning the benefit of AP/IB Credits as they relate to the assignment of registration times.

AP and IB Credits DO NOT factor into prioritizing ISIS Registration assignment times.

This is a result of changes recommended by the ISIS System Task Force last year; said changes became effective with this year's registration process.

This change levels the playing field for incoming UVa students who had limited access to AP or IB courses in their high school programs.

Personally I think the new system is much fairer than the old one, although the change obviously didn’t sit well with students who came into UVa with several AP/IB credits.

You can read about the changes here:
The Cavalier Daily

and here:
The Cavalier Daily

aj2220

so that pretty much eliminates all incentive for me to try on these exams, based on my circumstances that i described above?

HopefulHoo'sDad

Not necessarily. You still have the option to take any AP/IB credits you earn through testing; the credits just don’t factor into your ISIS registration priority at the University.

Also, if you do well enough on the Spanish Language exam, you can place up or out of UVa’s Foreign Language Area Requirement. If you can swing an Exemption in the Foreign Language area, that’s a sweet deal IMO.

My son placed out in Latin, and it’s really given him much more flexibility with scheduling his classes. He’s not “wasting” time taking something he’d prefer to avoid, and it’s allowing him to take courses he’s interested in sooner than he could have otherwise if he was “stuck” taking four semesters of a Foreign Language. [My apologies to any Foreign Language teachers who may be reading this thread; but I took two years of Latin at UVa, and that wasn’t any walk in the park believe you me!]

You may have to take the SAT II to place out of the Foreign Language Area Requirement. I'm not sure if you can get an Exemption from taking the AP exam and posting a particular score. You can probably get that info from the UVa web site. Now that I think about it, my son placed out of the Foreign Language Area Requirement by virtue of his Latin SAT II test score.

shoebox10

Ah, yes, I forgot.
And, still, my best advice is do well on the APs. There is nothing better than having credit, trust me.