Are AP tests the biggest scam in American Education?

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@Aldfig0

Besides, you still overlook the fact that professors can and do skip topics in their courses (and they are not rare occurrences).

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<p>You are, of course, right. However, AP Physics C is supposed to be able to substitute for an introductory mechanics/E&M course at any typical college, and we shouldn’t assume that every college chooses to omit these so-called obscure topics. And a 5 on the AP Physics C mechanics test lets you skip mechanics courses that do cover these topics!</p>

<p>If you look at Fundamentals of Physics (for example), waves and sound are listed in the same section as the other parts of classical mechanics. And none of this explains why something like damped SHM is omitted. </p>

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@Aldfig0

And all of this has little to do with the terrible arguments used in these articles. No one here has yet tried to justify how Dartmouth can deny credit for the entire AP and IB curriculum based on some students’ performance on an exam taken months after the AP Psychology exam’s administration.

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<p>Remember your arguments concerning AP Physics C? They’re all based on courses at typical colleges. An introductory physics sequence at Dartmouth will necessarily cover every “obscure” topic I listed, and certainly wouldn’t omit a topic like power. In fact, they might go into even more depth than that, which justifies removing AP credit for physics, at least.
I can’t claim to know much about psychology, but it is possible that the AP version of the course isn’t as rigorous as Dartmouth’s own.</p>