<p>i am wondering, can 5s on aps be used to fulfill core requirements?</p>
<p>ex: 1. ap european history, ap us history for historical study B
2. ap chemistry, ap physics for science a & b </p>
<p>does anyone know?</p>
<p>No. The only thing AP credit will do is let a student get into higher level courses in some instances - or, I believe, get the student out of the foreign language requirement. Other than that, enough APs will qualify a student for Advanced Standing, though few exercise that option.</p>
<p>twinmom is right. AP credit can only be used to opt out of the foriegn language or to get into higher level courses. all classes need for the core, must be taken at some level or another.</p>
<p>AP 5s are wonderful if you're masochistic. For example, because you have a 5 on AP Chem, you can take Chem 20 (organic chemistry) instead of Science A-47 (Cosmic Connections) to fulfill your Science A requirement. Of course, you're not required to take the more difficult class... it's just an option.</p>
<p>If you have enough APs for advanced standing, and decide to go down that path, you'll be exempted from (I think) 2 core requirements, but I don't think that they have to be related to your AP scores.</p>
<p>haha, if there was a place where someone used ochem to fulfill a requirement rather than "cosmic connections," it would be harvard. and yeah, harvard doesnt regard APs very highly, and understandbly, because anyone who thinks they deserve to get placed out of intro bio/chem because of ap bio/chem should check their ego at the sanders theatre door before lifesci 1a next fall lol.</p>
<p>geez just<em>forget</em>me - where are you that you posted at 6:09AM?</p>
<p>yup. i actually know a friend who took chem 20 as an elective. one of my blockmates who was about to just take chem 17 took chem 20 because she liked it during shopping period. </p>
<p>that's harvard for you.</p>
<p>Which APs are actually worthwhile to take, I mean so that you can exempt some boring classes?</p>
<p>cooljoe, </p>
<p>AP's won't exempt you from some boring classes. instead, it'll place you into a higher level class (that is more difficult). the only class I have seen people use AP credit to get out of was intro psych and intro econ. other than that, i wouldn't say that it's a good idea. </p>
<p>however, the most useful ap's are probably the ap math classes and the ap sciences. of course psych and econ ae useful too if you wanna take psych or econ classes. ap english can help with writing style, which could help during the mandatory writing class. so i guess i would focus on ap maths, sciences, and english (or econ and psych). </p>
<p>oh, and if you wanna test out of a language, then an ap languange is good too.</p>
<p>hotpiece</p>
<p>AP languages usually aren't useful, because it's typically much easier to get a 600 on a SAT II (or Harvard placement exam) than to get an AP 5.</p>
<p>It's important to remember that you don't need an AP score to skip out of a "boring" class into a more advanced one. All prereqs can be waived... usually all it takes is a 2 minute conversation with the professor of the advanced class you want to take.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys. Is it mandatory to take history classes (i.e. world history, u.s. and european history?)</p>
<p>There are two "Historical Studies" cores. You will have to take classes in these two cores unless you are exempt from them.</p>