Retaking AP courses on a college level

<p>Depends on how confident you feel in these courses and whether or not you could use the extra room. I skipped all of the classes I got AP credit in, but I also received 5’s on the exams and felt confident in the subjects. I never had a problem with higher level courses, and my GPA never needed the boost. I ended up as a notetaker for some of the courses that I had previously skipped, and I was really glad in retrospect that I hadn’t made myself sit through those classes again because I would have been bored out of my mind. But I know other students who retook their AP classes and were very glad that they did, or skipped those classes and wish they had taken them. It just depends on how comfortable you feel. In general, I recommend that students retake the course unless they got an easy 5 if it’s a prerequisite for upper-division courses in your major. But if you could really use the extra space in your schedule because you need to graduate early or you want to double major or take a lighter load later, then by all means skip the class. It doesn’t hurt to retake it though.</p>