<p>My S took all of the AP exams you mentioned except Art History. He also took an AP exam for US Gov & Env Studies as well as Com Sci – the 2nd one (can’t remember its name).</p>
<p>He WAS drained from taking all the AP exams, but did get credit for all the AP exams, since he scored 5s. The maximum # of credits USC will give for entering freshmen is 32 via combo of college courses & AP. S went over the 32, so he only got the max of 32 (so in some ways the additional ones were “wasted”), but since he wanted to take the tests, we paid & let him.</p>
<p>The 32 credits lets you have sophomore standing and basically bumps you ahead in registration, since it’s done by the # of credits you have, giving you a better chance of getting the courses, instructors & times you want. It didn’t help for 1st semester, since everyone registered at orientation, but I believe it may have helped since then.</p>
<p>You can e-mail your USC advisor for your state to get more complete & accurate info. You can find him/her at the usc.edu website.</p>