<p>I’ve heard several people say that skipping foundation classes is a bad idea when it is the field you intend to pursue. I’ve gotten 5s in multiple AP exams, and I want to major in economics if I were admitted, as I aspire to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager. That being said, I would probably need to be very strong in Calculus and Statistics. This year, I’m taking AP Calc BC and AP Stats. If I receive a 5 on both of them, at Brown, would it be a good idea or ill-advised to “AP out” of the foundation classes. I’ve also gotten 5s in APUSH, AP Chem, AP Eng Lang, and AP US Gov. Which of these classes would it be best to use AP credit for?</p>
<p>Use AP credit for all of them. AFAIK the only intro class worth taking is BIOL0200. The rest are just there to suck in sweet sweet tuition dollars.</p>
<p>Well, I think for your APs so far, you only get placement for APUSH and AP Chem (which I would use credit for both). What intro class are you thinking about dropping? AP stats really is interchangeable. You don’t need to take it before college since you will need to take statistics classes anyway. It’s really just not important compared to like english in high school.</p>
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<p>Typically, always take the most rigorous/highest level classes you’re prepared for. This frees up your schedule, and keeps you interested. So if your AP takes care of it, AP out.</p>
<p>From personal experience, I’d suggest APing out where possible, but try to get a copy of syllabi for classes that you skip. You might also want to check out the textbooks. My AP scores put me in a French class for which I was over-prepared in some respects and under-prepared in others. Had I seen the syllabus beforehand, I might have a) had a chance to learn unfamiliar material and b) decide whether the class was really the best fit for me.</p>
<p>After all, AP scores can mean a whole variety of things (on some math and science exams, a 5 can mean anything between 65% and 100% correct), so you don’t want to be in a class that’s over your head.</p>
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<li>If you have a solid understanding of AP calc BC, definitely go straight to multivariable.</li>
<li>As far as I can tell, AP stats doesn’t let you skip out of anything. There doesn’t seem to be a course at Brown that corresponds well to AP stats curriculum. (Perhaps APMA0650 does, but that class doesn’t seem to be a prerequisite for anything specific.)</li>
<li>AP chem doesn’t let you get out of anything. Anyone with ANY chem background in high school (regular chem or honors chem or AP) goes into chem 33.</li>
<li>AP English lit or lang doesn’t count for anything (credit or placement) at Brown.</li>
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<p>If statistics interests you, you could take APMA1650 (among other courses like Econometrics), which doesn’t duplicate much of the AP Stats curriculum. With that said, you wouldn’t be receiving AP credit either way. 1650 assumes no prior statistics knowledge, so you wouldn’t need to worry about missing fundamentals. If you’re good enough at calc to get a 5 on the BC exam senior year, you’d gain little to nothing from taking Math 0090, 0100, or 0170 and instead just use a course that could be put to something more interesting.</p>
<p>I think formally, AP Chem gives you credit on your transcript for Chem 10, but as thecomisar mentioned, you’d go into 33 with or without the AP - 10 is for people like me who have absolutely no background in chemistry.</p>
<p>First, though, you really should focus on doing well in those classes and exams. If you end up not doing as well as you’d like on them, then repeating those classes in college may be to your advantage.</p>
<p>The only AP that seems to actually count for credit is APUSH/APEuroHistory. But, if you’re a history concentrator, you can’t use them, and if you’re anything else you don’t need them. Go figure.</p>