Can we not take AP Exams?

TheRighteous
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:17:17 +0000

Always take the AP exam. If you pass, you can get college credits for them. The classes you pass out with AP exams are usually large lower division weeders that have the sole purpose of ravaging your GPA. So, if you can get out of those, then do it.

You should still take it even if you don’t think you’ll pass or if you have to retake the class anyway (for graduate schools, professional schools, and major specific requirements). It’s a relatively good gauge of where you are academically. If you get a below a 3, then it tells you that you should work hard, because you’re obviously not performing at the college level.

As a general rule of thumb, if you score a 5, you can consider yourself competent in the subject. If not, then you need to put some work into the subject if you decide to retake it in college. AP courses do not fully reflect the depth and breadth of the same courses offered in college. Those go much deeper and you’ll have more competition than you did in high school.