<p>I am a high school senior who will be attending A&M in the fall. I sent my AP scores from last May to A&M, and I am wondering if there is a place online that lists these scores. Maybe somewhere in Howdy? I can't seem to find this information anywhere, so I'm hoping someone could help me out. Thanks</p>
<p>Try emailing MARS
[Measurement</a> and Research Services - MARS](<a href=“http://mars.tamu.edu/]Measurement”>http://mars.tamu.edu/)</p>
<p>or just wait until your NSC</p>
<p>You have to physically go to the MARS office to “claim” your credits. I don’t think they show up on Howdy until that time. Sometimes even if you have AP credit it’s still good to retake the class at A&M. Your advisor will help with this at NSC.</p>
<p>^ I’m a senior and I’m trying to decide if taking any AP tests this year would do much good for me. I was thinking about taking either AP Calc, AP Lit, or AP Gov but it’s hard to say how much the AP Calc will mean considering I’m going into engineering. Wouldn’t my advisor rather put me in a class based off of my math assessment test? What is the benefit to retaking the class at A&M versus just getting AP credit for it?</p>
<p>NasaGirl,</p>
<p>I think the general consensus is to retake Calculus since it’s so important to have a good foundation. I would definitely take the other two (Lit/Gov) and use those AP credits. My son got a 5 on the AP test and did well on the assessment, but his advisor still pushed him to retake CalcI. Because he was familiar he was able to get an A fairly easily. That gave him time to concentrate on Phys & Chem and get used to college life in general.</p>
<p>Again, your advisor will help you make this decision. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>AllThisIsNewToMe brings up a good point. I know people who did both first semester; either retaking calc I as a GPA booster since it’s just taking different kind of derivatives, and also people who just went straight to calc II. In my opinion the bulk of the good teachers teach with the “big crowd” in a sense. There are some exceptions to that but I think the university does this on purpose. They expect a lot more kids to be in calc I then in calc II for the fall semester next year. Thus they have teachers like Amy Austin teach more Calc I sections and less Calc II sections and vice versa for the spring semester.</p>
<p>so here is a similar question. i am a senior and i took classes at a community college. how do i get those to count? do i mail them a transcript or do i bring one to my NSC?</p>
<p>Just have the community college send a transcript. If they are pre-reqs You could probably do it close to your NSC but if not just wait a bit to make sure you’re in the system or whatever and they don’t just throw out your transcript.</p>