<p>this is probably the wrong forum but which tests should i take so that i can avoid the maximum number of general requirement courses in most selective schools?</p>
<p>depends a) your score, b) what institution you go to, c) the exam, and d) what your prospective major or emphasis focus is.</p>
<p>be sure and check, because many schools are not recognizing some of the APs to get rid of taking classes as freshman, some require at least a 4 and many a 5...it is getting more difficult to not take some classes even though you have taken AP</p>
<p>You should really look at the colleges you plan on applying to to see what sort of credit you can get at each specific college. If you go to a big public university, you can get tons of AP credit if you just do well on all of the AP test you take though. </p>
<p>Here's a list of the sort of AP classes that will satisfy general requirements at most public universities:</p>
<p>Science: AP Biology, AP Chemsitry, AP Physics (AP Bio is Easier)</p>
<p>Math: AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Stats (I would recommend BC if you never want to take math again in college, because college calculus is considerably more difficult)</p>
<p>Social Sciences: AP Psych (Great class), AP Gov., AP US History, AP Euro History, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon </p>
<p>(If you're not interested in economics and don't want to take it in college, then you should definitely take the AP econ tests because economics in college is much more rigorous than the AP econ class and tests.)</p>
<p>Language: You can get a TON of credit at some universities if you do well on a AP language test. At U of I, you get 10-12 hours of credit for a 4 or 5 on the AP French language test. </p>
<p>If you somehow take all of those classes and you go to a university that's generous with AP credit, you will pretty much have satisfied all your general requirements. Not to mention, you'll have accumulated enough credits to give you sophomore and possibly even junior standing, which would be pretty funny. You'll still have to fulfill a couple other general requirments though, such as a Non-Western Perspective course and a Writing requirement.</p>
<p>I would actually recommend you take a bunch of the AP classes I listed not just because of the potential credit you can get in college but because those classes were, in my eyes, far more interesting than the other classes I could've taken in high school.</p>
<p>it varies a lot even among similar colleges. There's no rhyme or reason to it (it's probably a function of opinions of individual department heads). You just have to look it up for the colleges you are interested in.</p>