I recently signed up for Calculus II and calculus-based Physics I at my local university for next year; I’ll be a junior.
I plan to take American Literature, French II, AP Chemistry, and AP U.S. History at my high school.
I thought about this morning and it occurred to me that scheduling could really be a hassle.
Would it be easier if I just took all my classes at the university?
But! What if I just signed up to take the AP exam anyway? Is that a good tradeoff between AP and university classes?
I appreciate any input.
<p>I recently asked my counselor a similar question. I took Chemistry at a local community college. Because I was unsure of what college I will be attending at the time and what their policy was towards classes taken at a community college, I asked her if it was a good idea to take the AP Chem exam. She said that colleges will either directly count the class taken at the college or not count it at all, regardless of whether you took an AP exam. </p>
<p>The rationale she gave me was that the AP exam can only test an individual’s knowledge of the concepts in the book, but cannot test for someone’s lab experience. And believe me, colleges really want their students to know lab techniques. Of course, this only applies to science classes, so you might get away with just taking the AP exam in math or history.</p>