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<p>The college itself determines what credit and/or placement a given AP test gives at that college. A college which believes that a given AP test is not equivalent to its own course(s) can choose not to give subject credit or placement for that AP test.</p>
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<p>Ummm, but isn’t that what AP tests are (theoretically) for, in a form convenient to both students and colleges?</p>
<p>It is a different question as to whether one can accurately determine writing skills from a few hours of test (either AP test or a college’s own placement test), as opposed to giving longer term reading, research, and writing assignments in a course and evaluating them (although that can be wasteful for students who already do that well).</p>