Are AP tests worth it if you want to go to Ivies?

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You bring up an interesting point, Calvin: sometimes acing the AP test will allow you to bypass the introductory college class, which also happens to be designed to be the killer “weed-out” class that colleges sometimes use to get incoming freshman to change their majors early on. GenChem 1 is a typical example, the place where many aspiring pre-med and engineering majors come to discover that econ or history might be a more suitable alternative.

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<p>Well if you’re not designed to be a pre-med to BEGIN with, then it doesn’t matter if you get weeded out by the intro courses or you get weeded out by the MCAT’s. Sooner or later, you’ll realize that you are probably not premed or engineering worthy.</p>