<p>I was accepted to Amherst on ED, and right now I’m on the fence about whether to take my AP Spanish Language test this year. As far as I can tell from [the</a> Amherst Spanish department website](<a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/spanish/placeexaminfo"]the”>https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/spanish/placeexaminfo), you have to take an Amherst-specific placement test to determine your placement either way. So is there really any point in taking the AP test as well?</p>
<p>Wow, seriously? Take the test. Presumably you’ve been studying for it. Challenge yourself.</p>
<p>Really Fantastic, I’d say take it if you would like to, but don’t if it is extra pressure. You will study just as hard for the course, I’m sure, whether you take the test or not. As you noted, Amherst gives their own test to place you in a foreign language. It’s not like you are going to a large university where they will give you credit if you get a 4 or a 5. Also, at Amherst it is not an issue of being able to “get more credits early and thus save money and possibly graduate earlier” as some students can do in state universities. The whole point of taking AP classes before going to a selective college like Amherst is to teach you to study at the college level–and it helped you to get IN to Amherst. Now you are in, so take the test if you think the experience of taking the actual AP test will help you as a practice for taking college-level tests. However, if you have taken several AP exams already and don’t need this experience, you could skip it (if that is OK with your AP teacher).</p>
<p>I would skip it, for sure. Why give more money to ETS? I get urbanslaughter’s point, but if you know the material, you know you know it and presumable would not need the test results to tell you that. The language placement test is quick and painless, by the way. Congratulations on getting accepted!</p>
<p>@urbanslaughter sassy much? lol</p>