4th Annual AP Report to the Nation Released

mommusic
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:47:13 +0000

As I understand it, AB calc is one semester of college calc, spread over one year. BC is two semesters, so it goes at the rapid college pace. Our HS offers multivariable as a next course for those who take AP calc as juniors and want to move on while in HS.

I can understand the reason a school wants all its students to take the AP exams, but it is not fair and deters students from attempting the course.

Plus why should you spend the money on the exam if you realize what you want to major in won’t be helped by credit in that subject? If you end up being a computer science major, there is a limit to how many humanities credits will count towards your degree, yet you may be happy you took AP level histories instead of regular.

Another example-- my son’s AP Chem teacher recommended you retake Chem in college if you are majoring in it, so you get their method of doing labs and so forth. So his recommendation was to think twice about paying for the AP exam.