<p>I'm a high school senior needing to register for AP exams by this week, and I need some help deciding which ones to take. Normally (as in the last 2 years), I would take the AP exams for all the AP classes I've taken, but that seems impossible to do this year because I've taken 7 AP classes this year (and plus who wants to take 7 exams in their senior year?). Well anyways, I've eliminated 2 exams for sure, and I've narrowed it down to these five:
-Calculus BC
-English Lit
-Biology
-US Govt
-Macroeconomics</p>
<p>I'd still like to narrow it down a little more to about 3-4 exams, if at all possible. Is there any big reason why I should take all 5 of these exams? If not, which do you recommend I not take?</p>
<p>All the AP exams you listed will count toward your degree plan. You can either take the time to study for all the AP exams now or spend the time and money to retake the course at UT. It would be worth the extra hours of studying for an AP exam now to avoid studying for mid-terms and finals for a course at UT later. Foreign languages are especially worth testing out of.</p>
<p>What are the other 2 AP courses that you took? If they count toward your degree plan, it would be worth your while taking the AP exams for them too, even if you don’t study for them.</p>
<p>It is not that unusual for CNS freshmen from high performing HS’s to start UT with 40-50 hours of AP/CLEP credits.</p>
<p>Go onto UT’s website and look for the list of credit they give for each type of AP exam. They don’t give credit for everything. Some AP’s require higher scores to get credit. Make your choice based on what tests you know you’ll score high enough on to test out of a valuable class. For example, I think that they won’t give you credit for US Government unless you also test out of their Texas history test. Also note that UT gives course credit for high SAT and ACT section scores, so you might test out of something without even having to take the AP test. So, go do more research before making your choices!</p>
<p>For sure take the AP exams for lit, govt, and econ because it’s a dumb idea to take it here. Unless you like spending thousands of dollars on non-major related classes you could have received credit for less than $75 in high school. As for bio and calc, it depends on how confident you are in your skills in them. M408D (calc 3) is a huge pain in the butt, so if you ever have to take it, then make sure you are well versed in the basics of calculus or else you’ll end up with a C like many kids. Of course you can always just take all the AP exams you can and decide whether you want to claim credit for them after you get to UT. My friend took 8 AP exams his senior year and ended up scoring at least a 4 on all of them. Just start studying NOW.</p>