<p>I would be grateful to recieve answers/comments to these questions. Thank you.</p>
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<li><p>If a student plans to take AP English Literature in, say, her senior year and is pretty confident of making at least a 4, then is it wise for her to take AP English Language in her junior year? In other words, will a 4 or 5 in AP Eng Lit make the AP Eng Lang score redundant? Is still other words, which of the following two scenarios will make a student’s case (for just admission, not for post-admission considerations of placement/course credit) stronger: (a) a 5 in AP Lit, (b) 5’s in both AP Lit and AP Lang?<br>
If case (a) above is as good as case (b), then the student can avoid AP Lang and devote the time to other courses. Of course, one drawback of case (a) above is that the AP Lit score cannot be shown on college applications because that exam will be taken in the senior (not junior) year’s May.</p></li>
<li><p>The same question as 1 above, with AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC.</p></li>
<li><p>For a homeschooled student who does all lab-based courses at community college/local university, which of the following two cases will make her college application stronger (again, consider admission prospects alone, not post-admission questions of course credit/waiver): (a) a two-course (= two-semester = one year) sequence of first-year general chemistry at a local, small, not-nationally-reputed university (chemistry majors at that university take this sequence), (b) the two-course sequence at the university plus a score of at least 4 in AP Chemistry? So the question really is: will the two-course sequence at the university make the AP Chemistry score redundant?</p></li>
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<li><p>They are two different tests, it won’t be redundant. Good scores in both will be better</p></li>
<li><p>There aren’t two fully different tests, calculus bc is just ab + more material. I’d say just take bc without worrying about ab. You learn the same stuff just faster and a bit more material.</p></li>
<li><p>I’d say the two cours at the university is good, even with or without the ap score. But getting the ap score might get you the credit if the college you attend doesn’t accept transfer credit from the university in which you took the chemistry course</p></li>
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<p>I agree with cowking15 here.</p>
<p>I would agree with cowking15 with only one reservation. The Lang and Lit test are EERILY similar. Lang really helps you analyze prose that will be on the Lit test (of similar difficulty, respectively). Also, it whips up your essay writing. Organization is SO key. </p>
<p>In higher tiered schools, the Lit test is preferred over the Lang. So honestly, it depends on what schools you’re looking at. Some ivies deny the Lang test in lieu of the Lit. But even so, just for the skill-building experience, I’d take Lang and the AP exam if this is the case. </p>
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<li>Awarded a 5 in AP Lang.</li>
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<li><p>AP English Language and AP English Literature are different. In Language, a student is required to analyze the rhetorical strategies the author employs in an essay or novel. In Literature, rhetorical strategies are not emphasized as much. Literary devices are emphasized. It depends on the university. In one school, either exam will place a student out of a College English class. In another school, both exam will place a student out of two college English classes.</p></li>
<li><p>Unlike the English exams, Calculus AB and Calculus BC are redundant because Calculus BC tests Calculus AB material, which makes up 60% of the exam. So, Calculus BC would be wise if you want to save money and time.</p></li>
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