<p>I'm signing up for AP exams sometime this week and I was wondering if I should take any? Do AP exam scores translate into our college GPA? If they don't would it be more beneficial to take the course again in college? Someone told me that they dont go into your GPA but you are given credit, but the course in the university is an easy A and would help boost your GPA and balance out other tough classes. Any help!?</p>
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<p>Every college has a page like this that tells what kind of credit they give for what AP tests/scores. UT Dallas appears not to give credit for Euro or World History, so if you are sure you are going to school there, then there isn’t much point in taking those exams, unless your high school teacher gives some credit for signing up for the exam. The credit you receive will not affect your college GPA. It’s just credit. Depending on the classes for which you get credit, you may be able to fulfill some of your gen ed degree requirements, leaving you flexibility to schedule other more desired classes, perhaps pick up an extra major/minor or graduate sooner having spent less money on college. You may also be able to get scheduling priority. That means you schedule your classes before students who have fewer credits than you. This can be a huge advantage at some schools, getting the classes you want instead of getting shut out because others with more credits already filled the classes. I don’t know UT Dallas’ policy and how they implement it. You should call and ask.</p>
<p>For example, you can see that a 4/5 on AP USHist will fulfill all of their USHistory Gen Ed and even a 3 will fill half of it. I don’t know how much you pay for your tests, but even at my D’s school, which charges a whopping $100 per test, the AP credit is way cheaper than credit at any college to which she applied.</p>
<p>Look for Hist 1301 and 1302 in the course catalog then click on ‘class detail’ where ‘core curriculum’ is a line item listing what part of it, if any, is satisfied by the course.</p>
<p>If you know your major, talk to someone in the dept. Some depts, particularly sciences, may strongly prefer you to take their own intro courses, rather than the AP credit, to be sure you have a strong background in all the material they want you to master.</p>