<p>I am attending Penn next year, as a bioengineering major in SEAS. I am about to take the APs for CALC AB, BIOLOGY, and EUROPEAN HISTORY? Which ones should I study for if any.</p>
<p>I thought that CALC AB didn't matter at all...so the test is pretty worthless to me...right?</p>
<p>I already have credit for US HISTORY...so will EURO get me anything?</p>
<p>I have no clue about BIOLOGY.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Penn</a> Admissions: Advanced Placement Policy</p>
<p>A 5 on Bio gets you a c.u., and a 5 on Euro gets you a c.u. (separate from the one awarded for a 5 on APUSH). There is no credit awarded whatsoever for any scores on Calculus AB.</p>
<p>Study at your own discretion keeping that in mind. With only three tests to take, it really shouldn't be difficult for you to do well on all of them. Plus, at this point, no degree of cramming will do much to aid you.</p>
<p>As an engineer, that Bio credit might be the most useful (both in BE and in another engineering major, as bioengineers have a tendency to switch to another). </p>
<p>US history and Euro will get you generic credits but aren't the most helpful. Both Bio and Us history might free up requirements on your worksheet.</p>
<p>Don't worry at all about AB - but do try to take the placement test at Penn in the fall to see where you land in the 104/114/240/241 game.</p>
<p>If you plan to major in Bio or go pre-Med, you will need to take an extra test I think to get Bio certification - or at least you will need to take an accompanying lab portion.</p>
<p>As a liberal arts major (like me), Bio will be one less science class you'll have to take. yay!</p>
<p>The bio credit is entirely useless if you pursue bioengineering</a>because you will have to take BIOL 121, the basic introductory biology course. Penn has an unnecessarily confusing system for science AP credit because the AP biology, chemistry, and physics exams award generic biol 91 (or chem 91 or phys 91) credit that does not correspond to an actual course at Penn. Instead, if you are a non-science major, it counts as a c.u. for any science requirements you might have, but if you are majoring in that scientific field (or a related field like bioengineering) then you have to take the corresponding introductory course (biol 121, chem 101/102, phys 101/102, etc) and that credit will replace the generic biol 91 credit, rendering it useless.</p>
<p>The exception is if you switch to a different engineering major in which case biol 91 might count towards your natural science requirement.</p>
<p>Calc AB is entirely useless and, as an engineer, Euro will count towards your social sciences + humanities electives but chances are you're going to want to take more than five of those anyway.</p>