AP Credit?

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<p>Hi! I know Harvard doesn't award any credit to AP test scores, but I read on their website that AP test scores of 5 in certain areas will allow you to place in a more advanced level. I have two questions:</p>

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<li><p>Can you place into a higher level WITHOUT taking the AP test?
If so, do you have to take a test on the Harvard campus to place into a higher level, or do you just sign up for higher level classes?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it worth it to take AP tests this coming May?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<li><p>Yes. During the summer all freshman take a placement test for writing, math and foreign language, so you could be placed in a higher level class without taking the AP test. See: [Harvard</a> College Freshman Dean’s Office Course Selection](<a href=“http://www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k3806&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup79561]Harvard”>http://www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k3806&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup79561)</p></li>
<li><p>If you are currently taking an AP foreign language class, it certainly makes sense to take the AP test. Ditto with the AP Calc AB/BC exam. The rest you could probably skip, unless it was in an area that you are really interested in pursuing during college.</p></li>
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<p>So if i get a 5 on BC, I can move onto Calc 3? And probably the same with Macro and Micro Econ? Although I do want to take Eco 10 with Mankiw</p>

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<p>Although Harvard doesn’t give credit for individual AP scores, the school permits students with a sufficient number of 5s in qualifying variations of subjects to obtain Advanced Standing, which permits the student to complete a baccalaureate degree in three years, or, in some cases, a baccalaureate + masters degree in four years.</p>

<p>For more information:</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § About Harvard: Advanced Standing](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/about/learning/advanced_standing.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/about/learning/advanced_standing.html)</p>

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<p>MATH: [Harvard</a> Mathematics Department : Mathematics Courses](<a href=“http://www.math.harvard.edu/courses/index.html]Harvard”>Harvard Mathematics Department Administration and Finance)
Calculus BC roughly corresponds to the Math 1a and Math 1b sequence.</p>

<p>ECON [Harvard</a> Econ Department - Information for Freshman About Fall Term Courses, continued](<a href=“http://www.economics.harvard.edu/undergrad/freshmanfall]Harvard”>http://www.economics.harvard.edu/undergrad/freshmanfall)</p>

<p>“Students who have achieved a score of 5 on both the microeconomics and macroeconomics portions of the AP test … are advised to enroll in one of the intermediate microeconomic theory courses (Economics 1010a or 1011a) or another course that has Ec 10 as a prerequisite; some of these students may enroll in a Freshman Seminar (these have no prerequisites) to maintain their interest in economics and take more advanced courses later. These students will be deemed to have met the Ec 10 requirement for the Economics concentration but must replace Ec 10 with two electives to meet the overall number of courses required for their economics concentration track.”</p>