<p>Online, it says that my 4 on english language from last year is good enough for 3 credits towards some liberal arts distribution (i'm going to be in CoE). I know I don't get out of a freshman writing seminar unless i get a 5, but that would still save me only 3 credits and i'd have to take another liberal studies class later on. So my question is, do I have any reason to do well on the AP english literature test I'm taking tomorrow? I don't get any more credit if i do well on that right? So I can pretty much fail it?</p>
<p>Im hoping I don't have to worry about that test because I've done zero prep for it, and knowing for sure that it doesn't matter will relieve alot of stress (it's the end of senior year, im not supposed to be stressing) so I can worry about the physics C tests next week:eek::eek::eek:</p>
<p>It's believe it's true that if you're in Engineering, you can only use credits from one of those tests to fulfill distribution requirements. Arts and Sciences divides up its humanities into different categories: Cultural Analysis (CA), Historical Analysis (HA), etc. Both AP Lang and AP Lit fulfill credits that fall into the Literary Analysis (LA) category. I believe that for Engineering, you have to take more than one humanities class to fulfill distribution, but you have to take those classes from different areas of the humanities; i.e., you can take one LA class to fulfill a distribution requirement, but your next will have to be from some other area. If I'm right on this- I'm not positive I am, but I'm pretty sure, as I came pretty close to transferring to Engineering my freshman year and learned about all this stuff- then yeah, there's no real point to doing well (one of those classes will also get you out of a freshman writing seminar, but you can also use that same class toward a LA requirement).</p>
<p>At the same time, you're going to take this exam anyway, right? If you're going to sit there for 3 hours you might as well try. Why sabotage yourself, even if doesn't really matter if you do?</p>