<p>The things is, though, that it does matter.</p>
<p>You took the SAT II, which also costs money, not to mention AP fees can get waived…
Also, from personal experience, which is admittedly limited, the AP tests generally are more thorough/cover more complex material than the SAT II’s</p>
<p>As for placing out of classes, I know my AP course didn’t cover half the stuff that intro micro and macro did, maybe someone else’s did, but one would also assume they got the 5 in that case. (Side note, Yale also accepts IB’s, but transferring credit from other universities is usually too complicated bc of dif levels of rigor/curriculum/etc)</p>
<p>It is entirely possible to drop lower than what your AP score might indicate, ESPECIALLY if it’s language. Just go talk to the DUS/your adviser, shop both classes, and pick the one you want. There’s no reason to take an L5 class if you don’t want to, and NO ONE makes you.</p>
<p>As for your specific problem with Spanish, Yale Summer Session definitely offers L1/L2 Spanish, but it’s on campus. Having taken four semesters of college level language is moot point if you didn’t learn enough from them. </p>
<p>You are also welcome to go on an outside program, petitioning for credit is filling out a relatively simple form and sending in a syllabus/course accomplishments. Even if you don’t feel like doing it/program isn’t rigorous enough to meet Yale requirements/whatever, you can still go on it and retake placement test when you come back next year instead of taking L2.</p>