<p>If you are taking AP’s to save $$$ on college tuition, then yes, most AP’s at Yale are worthless – unless AP’s are used for Language exemption, additional credits, or, as Kdog suggested, used to place out of basic intro classes, allowing you to take more interesting classes.</p>
<p>BTW: At most colleges, students need 32 credits (or classes) to graduate – four credits per semester, times 2 semesters per year, times 4 years. At Yale, students need 36 credits to graduate, so those 2 additional credits from AP courses often come in handy, so you don’t have to take 5 courses per semester half of your time on campus.</p>
<p>At other Ivy League schools, such as Harvard, you can use AP’s to skip a full year, but you must declare “Advanced Standing” during your freshman year and graduate in three years instead of four years. See: [Advanced</a> Standing](<a href=“http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/advanced_standing.html]Advanced”>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/advanced_standing.html). As far as I know, Yale does not have this option.</p>