@comfortablycurt I am still not sure what prompted your “snippy” comment. In my experience with the large Chicago suburban high schools, the physics teachers have a degree in physics if they are teaching AP classes. Most of the AP classes at my son’s HS were taught to a level beyond the actual AP test.
Is there a degree in ENG that allows PHYS 101-102 for degree credit? If not, the PHYS 111-114 sequence is required, so credit for 211-212 for an engineering major will need a 5 on an AP exam for credit. If taking a proficiency test, one can also sign up for the class, try the proficiency test, and then drop in the first few weeks, if the test is passed. Plenty of old exams on line for practice.
@kaustubh0328 If you have already been admitted, are you a senior in HS? If you asking about which AP tests to take later in the spring, it would be important to know in which classes you are currently enrolled in HS (or do you plan to self study for AP credit)? Since you are undeclared ENG, its hard to now exactly which core classes are most used later in the curriculum. As example, an ECE major may not use the PHYS 211 concepts as in depth as other ENG majors, but the PHYS 212 concepts are the foundation for many more ECE classes.
@srparent15 Its great to take plenty of AP classes in HS for gen ed credit, but I would think that many students were admitted to UIUC for engineering specifically because they were already challenging themselves with the most rigorous math and science AP classes at their HS, so the gen ed courses would be in addition to math and science.
Many ENG students enter UIUC with the possibility of 30-40 hours of AP credit and there are pros and cons to retaking classes to boost your GPA or trying to graduate in less than four years (or having the luxury of taking no more than four classes a semester), so its an individual decision.Your senior resume should still show all the UIUC courses passed for proficiency or AP credit. Entering first year with 30+ hours has advantages of priority when scheduling spring classes vs freshman students under 30 hours.
Specifically to your question about which AP classes to take, you need to review the gen ed and core requirements for the various ENG majors. AP classes that correlate to UIUC credit in RHET, ECON, PS, HIST and foreign language are good bets to get credit for the 18 hours of non-engineering classes and course sequences.