AP Credits at Yale

clandarkfire
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:02:58 +0000

Hi all,
I’m currently a HS senior, planning to matriculate at Yale College next Fall. I’m trying to find out more about Yale’s policies with regard to the use of AP tests for credit or placement purposes. I’d appreciate some insight from current students, parents, or anyone else who is more informed on the subject than I am.

Basically, I want to know whether there is any reason for me to take the AP tests for the classes I’m currently enrolled in this May. As far as I know, Yale doesn’t accept AP tests for actual credit, but I’ve been told that they do allow students to place out of introductory level courses with AP credit. However, I’ve found no useful information about this policy on Yale’s website. I did find [this table](http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/table-acceleration-credit), but it is concerned only with accelerated credit. By my understanding, accelerated credit is useful only if one hopes to graduate in less than four years, and since I’m not interested in doing so, the table isn’t very helpful.

So, I’ve already received 5s on APUSH and German. This year, I’ll be able to take Macro/Micro, Calc BC, Spanish, U.S. Gov’t, Lit, and Bio. Which, if any, of these AP tests ought I to take? Based on the accelerated credit table, it seems that there may be nothing at all to gain from taking the econ or gov’t tests, but again, I’m not sure I understand the table correctly. I’m sure I can place in higher level language classes from 5s on German/Spanish, but again, I’m not sure what the standard procedure for doing so would be.

Help! ;)