<p>I'm a high school senior. I want to take the AP English exam this year, but for some reason, I'm in the regular English class with all of the dummies. Would I be allowed to take this exam?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>As long as you pay for it. And most schools have a policy that academic classes are guaranteed so you should be in AP Lang if you signed up (not to mention it’s already been a semester).</p>
<p>jason, your post was unclear. I should be in AP Lang? I said that I am not</p>
<p>That’s why I said should. You are not in it but most schools have policies that guarantee you have spot in the core class you want. So you should be in the class. I don’t see what’s unclear.</p>
<p>but it’s not like i can switch it mid-way through the year. i don’t mind the fact that i am in the regular class as long as i am still aloud to take it because i know that i will score well</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>It sounded like you minded. But, to definitively answer your question: Yes, you can take the test as long as you pay for it.</p>
<p>okay. thank you</p>
<p>in response to what you said earlier, i deliberately signed up for the regular course. it was a mistake that i wish i could change. now i understand your post.</p>
<p>^I feel exactly the same. I took Honors this year and really wished I signed up for AP.</p>
<p>Yes, you can. However, it doesn’t look good on college applications. It looks like you shirked out of doing hard work all year and took the easy way out by self-studying for a few weeks instead of killing yourself all year. Only self-study if it’s an AP that your school doesn’t offer.</p>
<p>yeah. i guess i just wanted to get straight A’s my final year the easy way.</p>
<p>2chillaxin, the AP test will be long after i have heard back from the colleges i applied to. so i don’t see your point. besides, it would seem to one that it would be a beneficial choice, as it would show them that you want to strive to achieve higher things. a good score would not hurt either.</p>
<p>Then why take it at all? For college credit? And the test isn’t that hard to pass (from what I’ve heard) so they’d much rather see you take the class and work hard all year than for a few weeks before the test.</p>
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This is definitely a highly one-sided viewpoint and is probably the only post I’ve read that takes this stance on the matter. Of the hundreds of posts and threads I’ve perused in my two years here, it is always mentioned that self-studying demonstrates individual motivation and the ability to accomplish something without the guidance of a classroom teacher. Doing good on the exam is even better, as it shows colleges you can work towards something and achieve it.
Duh…?
For the record, showing colleges that you “took the easy way out with less work” has absolutely nothing to do with it. AP exams aren’t designed to demonstrate to colleges how hard you work; they are meant to allow for the accumulation of credit towards classes in college if you demonstrate a solid enough understanding of the material.</p>
<p>There is no harm in self-studying and taking the exam without the class (in terms of how colleges view the scenario); it’s just a risk that you have to take as to whether you are able to fully teach yourself the material to do well on the exam.</p>
<p>It seems to me that it would show that the student who took the AP exam was extra motivated. In a small school, it is possible that the only class that would fit into the schedule was non AP version of a class, so the student would have to self-study in order to make up the difference in material. Certainly not the mark of a lazy student.</p>