<p>Are you all daft?</p>
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That was the original post guys. If you wanted to argue that the AP matters for the admissions process, fine. But nearly all of you are ignoring the crux of the question: AP credit for college courses. Senior year APs don’t count for admissions, and I think that people tend to take the highest number of APs their senior year, so the question remains legitimate in this vein and solely in this vein, without any admissions relevance. Granted, maybe then the question shouldn’t have been placed in this forum, but that doesn’t change the premise of the question. </p>
<p>Frankly, there is definite cause for belief that, outside of admissions advantages, APs are worth squat at Ivies. 1) Exactly how big is the demographic that actually wants advanced standing for the sake of graduating early? 2) What is the point of taking an AP test that offers only blanket credit and not advanced course placement if advanced standing isn’t desired? 3) Even if advanced course placement is awarded, aren’t there multiple reasons to revisit a topic covered in a completely different setting than which it was originally learned? I challenge that APs, at least those taken in senior year, serve much purpose for the majority of future Ivy students.</p>