AP Foreign Langs = Credit for college?

<p>Hi all! </p>

<p>My AP Chinese teacher says that scoring a 5 on the AP foreign language test means I won't have to take foreign lang in college at all, scoring 4 = 1 year off, scoring 3 = 2 years off, etc.</p>

<p>Is this true? If it is, I will be taking the AP Chinese test this May. If not, I'm not very confident my skills are great (I'm a Chinese born in the US, but my class curriculum is lax, and I have virtually no knowledge of cultural aspects). </p>

<p>Does the AP test provide Pinyin? If so, I'll have to do a lot less character memorizing...</p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>

<p>Gumby</p>