AP accreditation for high school students

menloparkmom
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:26:01 +0000

The purpose of AP’s for colleges is for determining which level of classes to place an incoming student in. [the P in AP stands for placement] Many colleges use their own placement exams as well, or instead of AP test results to determine class placement. If your plans are for medical school, then you will have to take additional math/chemistry and physics classes beyond the level of your AP classes in HS, so don’t worry about repeating the same class, which will probably not happen. Intro level College level classes are usually more advanced than any AP classes.
You can choose which AP test results to send to colleges.
SAT II’s are required by many colleges as part of the admissions process, whereas AP tests are not. If you have scored 4’s or 5’s on your AP tests it is in you interests to send those scores to the colleges.