How did AP Credits Prove Useful?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:08:25 +0000

sherpa:

To my kids the important benefit of AP’s was the knowledge, as opposed to credits, earned.

However, being able to avoid having to repeat what one has already learned in high school, allowing the substitution of additional electives in college, is a way of using them to extend one’s knowledge.

I.e. taking AP calculus in high school, earning an A and a 5, and then repeating calculus 1 in college throws away any advantage in gaining additional knowledge. But starting in a more advanced math course and using the additional schedule space gained by not taking calculus 1 in college for something else does help gain additional knowledge.