AP question fast help please

[psywar]

@fretfulmother I feel the pain of APs too, Psywar jr. has 6 APs this year, had 7 last. Luckily, our high school has a option for reduced AP fees, turns out not too many kids use them, so we always ask if there are any waivers left, explaining that while we are not reduced / free lunch qualified, $700 worth of tests is too much for us, and each year he has had the cost cut in half. Pretty great deal. He gets 5s, so the school looks good too, a win-win.

Initially, Princeton’s AP system wasn’t to clear to me, but after talking to them during the Princeton Preview event, I finally understood. Taking the AP tests will provide a few benefits, even if you don’t get class credit. With 5’s you can be placed in upper level courses, or if you have enough AP credits, you can be placed into Advanced Standing, and can graduate a semester or year earlier. That might save you thousands of dollars… Though my son probably wouldn’t want to graduate early, if there was a fiscal issue, it would be nice to have that option.

See the Princeton AP Overview (https://www.princeton.edu/pub/ap/) along with the AP chart (https://www.princeton.edu/pub/ap/table/)

IV. AP Units and Subjects Required for Advanced Standing

1. **Requirements for graduation in three years/b:

A.B. candidates need eight advanced placement units (equivalent to eight Princeton courses) distributed in at least three of the following subject areas in which AP is granted: foreign languages, historical analysis, literature and the arts, quantitative reasoning, science and technology, and social analysis.

A.B. candidates need a minimum of 23 courses to graduate, of which a maximum of two may be taken away from Princeton with prior approval.

B.S.E. candidates need eight advanced placement units, among them two in physics, two in mathematics, and one in chemistry.

B.S.E. candidates need a minimum of 28 courses to graduate, of which a maximum of three may be taken away from Princeton with prior approval.

1. **Requirements for graduation with three and one-half years** of study (by taking off one term of the sophomore year):

**A.B. candidates need four advanced placement units in at least two subject areas. **A.B. candidates need a minimum of 27 courses to graduate, of which a maximum of two may be taken away from Princeton with prior approval.

**B.S.E. candidates need four advanced placement units, including two in physics, one in mathematics, and one in chemistry. **B.S.E. candidates need a minimum of 32 courses to graduate, of which a maximum of three may be taken away from Princeton with prior approval.

-psy