<p>From a credit/placement standpoint:</p>
<p>[AB/IB</a> Credit, 2013-2014 - Undergraduate Advising - Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/advising/freshmen/credit/apib/2013-2014.html]AB/IB”>http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/advising/freshmen/credit/apib/2013-2014.html)</p>
<p>AP Physics B or C and AP Chem are useful if you’re a science major.</p>
<p>AP Stat’s useful for social sciences and natural sciences.</p>
<p>AP English is pretty worthless–English 1xx credits don’t count for much, since you have to fill the writing requirement regardless.</p>
<p>Econ is helpful for an econ major, or if you’re going to do another program that requires 201 or 202 (intro to macro and micro, respectively).</p>
<p>I wish my school had offered more APs–would have made my schedule a little more flexible.</p>
<p>Edit: If at all possible, I’d strongly recommend taking an AP foreign language. If you get a 3 or better on the test, then you trim off a ton of the foreign language requirement.</p>