OP is a U.S. citizen. But studying abroad. OP has significant assets. But business expenses.
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OK, sorry we are in alignment. People drive me crazy on CC when they say āno one accepts APs anymoreā and itās demonstrably untrue. Nevertheless - the impression I got with DS20 is that in order to take the 5.11 ASE, you have to have a 5 on the Chem AP. As I also, said, they do change requirements every year.
Relevant to OP: this is why you should take all the AP exams but look carefully at current info for what youāll be able to use.
Oopsā¦I missed that part.
Wellā¦the NPCs are also notoriously inaccurate for business owners. Is this OP a business owner?
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Iāve not seen that claim on CC come up with any regularity.
If OPās kid did miss registration for AP tests/is unable to take them, they might consider taking some Clep tests. As always, do your research school by school.
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Be nice. Lol.(canāt tell you when I was a newbie and said āWe āand got blasted for that. Lol) Also I donāt 100% agree with this. If your student is in ādemand ā then you have some leverage but it is a unique situation. We negotiated more money /merit and housing costs. It was at a private school.
Also at large schools you can also do this but results will be on demand to fill seats.
The best idea is to be very upfront, honest and transparent. Colleges want to help, if they can. I
Yes to all within reason.
This isnāt really true. For one, I donāt think the deadline to sign up has passed. But for two, a kid could have signed up for the exams and elect not to take one because thereās no reason to.
What is this in response to?
The deadline was in mid-November unless (1) you pay the late fee or (2) youāre taking a semester-2 only class.
As to not taking an exam (or cancelling for partial refund) - this is also possible, but opens the question of making sure the college didnāt expect you to take it with the course. You do have to ask.
My kids made decisions on which AP and IB tests to actually take based on what their final colleges would accept. I know some high schools donāt allow this, and it was Covid years, so might have been some extra flexibility. They simply had zero desire to sit through multiple hours of testing when there would be zero benefit.
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This is a tricky thing to navigate. My DS16 was in a situation where it came down to the last two colleges he was deciding between (by May 1st) and which had conflicting AP rules. Ultimately, he was able to not take one of the AP exams, but was told by his eventual college that they expected him to take the other one, despite not giving credit for it, because he was enrolled in the course. This was in 2016 and things may have changed. He did get some money back for cancelling the other.
I think this is important - but if Iām OP and i want my kid in college, Iām making sure I have a $20K school on my list - but if they truly have a hard budget, thatās where they are likely to be. Counting on a college achieving that cost or through negotiation, is like a .1% chance - if that - short of someone who simply meets that need up front and with the $$ below, I donāt see how need gets them there except maybe a tippy top school but maybe iām wrong.
Hereās a little background - and yep, theyāre a Senior:
background - my elder kid (us citizen) is applying for fall 2026 UG. currently we are in south east asia.
family income : 150K (file US taxes regularly)
saving : 250K
other investments : 250K
real estate (primary) : 100K (no mortgage)
In regards to AP, if youāre using the tests to save budget, itās most likely your less selective (i.e $20K schools) will grant you the most credit. But - you also have to be aware of duplication. My daughter had - I forget 27-33 credits - but could only use 9 toward her degree - there we duplicates (meaning three different APs granted the same credit at her school) and others that didnāt count. And she chose a less selective school to attend.
So Iām not sure, when you wonāt know where you are attending, that deciding later is a good strategy. Maybe Iām off but Iād think youād need to pick the tests to take prior to making that decision.
I wish OP would share stats and a list of schools applied to because otherwise I have a feeling theyāre not going to have an affordable home. I hope Iām wrong though.
Signing up for senior year AP courses happens before most applications are due.
Once this student has their acceptances, they can look and see the policies regarding acceptance of AP scores for course creditā¦at the accepted schools.
To everything that she asked. I am sorry. I am in the middle of some pressing things and can go back later to address each. Thx
Iām guessing this is for the tests - yes, courses have sailed - but some self study, etc.
As noted above, the regular deadline has passed. The deadline with late fees is mid March, possibly before receiving all acceptances.
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MIT has a chemistry general education requirement. As described at https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/general-institute-requirements-girs/science-core/ , it can be fulfilled by 3.091, 5.111, or 5.112. 5.112 recommends AP 4 in chemistry as a prerequisite, while the other two recommend high school chemistry. AP chemistry by itself does not give credit at MIT, according to https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/ap-transfer-credit/advanced-placement/
Iāve never heard of a U.S. college requiring a kid to take an AP exam as a condition of their matriculation. What was the school?
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Some duplicates are fairly obvious, such as calculus AB being of no value if the student has credit for calculus BC.
Many colleges may only grant general elective or category (e.g. āa social science courseā) credit for some AP scores, so those scores may only be useful if the student needs credits but not specific courses, and the content represented by those AP scores is not duplicated by a college course. For example, if the college does not allow AP biology to substitute for biology-for-majors, a biology major has to take the latter anyway, but may lose the (general elective or category) credit for AP biology that is considered a subset of the biology-for-majors college course.