<p>For current Brown students: </p>
<p>Just wondering how many of you are actually reaping any benefit from having taken and scored well on AP exams. I see no credit is given for English language or literature. For science and math I would probably elect to take their intro class anyway, and for history – I’m a little confused about how it works. </p>
<p>What has your experience been?</p>
<p>For the english and calc ones...I've gotten nothing from them.</p>
<p>I did score well enough on the bio exam to skip bio 20, which I thought was really nice because since bio 20 is offered in the spring, it enabled me to take a more interesting/advanced course my first semester.</p>
<p>I didn't have to take the placement exam for chem 33 b/c of the AP, which isnt a huge deal, but i was glad not to have to take it. I also placed out of math 9, which i needed for plme, so i was happy about that. I also got into higher level spanish w/o having to take a placement exam.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this also.</p>
<p>English Language/Literature and Government APs don't give give any credit, but can you skip any courses? I don't know if I should even bother taking some of my AP tests if I'm not planning to be a science/math field, but some people say do it "just in case". I saw on the Brown website that you have to take both Macroecon. and Microecon., so I might self-study Micro. </p>
<p>Also, what exactly does advanced standing mean?</p>
<p>One thing to remember about credit earned from AP tests is that it doesn't count as tuition credit, only course credit. In order to graduate, you need 30 course credits (you passed 30 courses) and 32 tuition credits (you paid for 32 courses). So, basically, AP exams are only functionally useful as placing you out of intro courses, or in a few rare cases, getting you credit for a course in your concentration (Latin exams count for this, I'm pretty sure.) I would take any exams that might possibly offer you some kind of placement, if it doesn't majorly inconvenience you in some way, because as a Brown student, you get used to having loads of academic freedom and any course that you get placed out of means one more course you get to take and really love, and you never know what you'll end up doing.</p>
<p>RaboKarabekian - What did you score in BIO so you could skip the intro Bio course?</p>
<p>I got a 5...a 4 might be good enough. I can't remember.</p>
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One thing to remember about credit earned from AP tests is that it doesn't count as tuition credit, only course credit. In order to graduate, you need 30 course credits (you passed 30 courses) and 32 tuition credits (you paid for 32 courses). So, basically, AP exams are only functionally useful as placing you out of intro courses, or in a few rare cases, getting you credit for a course in your concentration (Latin exams count for this, I'm pretty sure.) I would take any exams that might possibly offer you some kind of placement, if it doesn't majorly inconvenience you in some way, because as a Brown student, you get used to having loads of academic freedom and any course that you get placed out of means one more course you get to take and really love, and you never know what you'll end up doing.
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<p>I believe advanced standing is for students who have enough advanced credits such that they can skip one full year. Let's say, A levels may give me enough advanced credits such that I will be a freshman with sophomore standing.</p>
<p>Yeah, A levels (I think) and IB classes will give you both course and tuition credit, making advanced standing a whole lot more possible. With just AP exams, you're not likely to get it.</p>
<p>Re: advanced standing...ooh, so that's what it is. I see. </p>
<p>I probably will end up taking most of my AP tests, but my inherent end-of-the-year laziness compels me to see if there are any that might not be "useful". ;)</p>
<p>I skipped BI 20, MA 9, CH 10, and LA10-40. MA 10, CH 33, and LA 111 were mad easy, and BI 80 was not hard thanks to my AP classes in high school.</p>
<p>Got out of a few, like MA9, PY9 higher spanish stuff - a lot of the credits were kinda pointless like english and gov't and all... it was nice though to know Brown didn't take these credits so you get to gauge how much you want to do "well" on the AP exam.</p>
<p>Also, on a different note, save all of your old AP notes, cause for statistics for example, they need you to show your advisor your old notes to make sure you covered a certain area in order to gain credit. That, at least, is for certain concentrations where stat is needed...</p>