<p>I was wondering how horrible is English 101?</p>
<p>I'm debating on whether or not to take the english AP -- (senioritis)</p>
<p>could anyone please give their opinion on the pros/cons of not placing out of the early english classes?</p>
<p>are the early english classes alot of work or just boring? like are there alot of books that need to be read/papers to be written?</p>
<p>you have a 670 on SAT CR. youve already placed out of it.</p>
<p>wow, really?
hoooraaayyy</p>
<p>does that mean even if i did take the AP i would be in the same level english?
or can you place out of two levels?
and if so, should I?</p>
<p>is the 670 flexible at all? I got a 660 once and a 650 another time on CR.</p>
<p>Terps9…there’s a difference between placing out of English and getting the credit via AP. With at least a 3 on the AP exam (I assume you are talking about the Language one, and not the AP Lit exam), you actually have 3 hours of college credit on your transcript when you enter UMD. I’d go for as many hours of credit going in that you can. D2 took the AP English Exams (both of them) without taking the courses. She’s really good in English already, and didn’t want to go through the horror stories of her high school AP English classes, as far as the amount of homework. I think she got a “5” on both of them.</p>
<p>Buck up, and take the exam!</p>
<p>Just get out of english 101. I got ap credit for it so I don’t have to take it, and I’m so glad because EVERYBODY I know complains about english 101. Plus you save money duh and ap lang is ridiculously easy. It looks like you’re out of it anyway though. Just take as many ap exams as you can so you can save $$$</p>
<p>too many moms on here that think they everything about everything</p>
<p>word up well of max</p>
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<p>This post is so wrong. Coming from someone with first hand experience, don’t take AP English if you don’t have to, especially if you hate the subject (why else would you make this thread?). Three credits don’t make a difference since you’ll have enough credits to graduate at the end of four years anyway. Plus taking the AP costs an extra $80-something and you risk not passing it (you need a 4 or a 5, which isn’t easy). Instead of torturing yourself your senior year, you can play a sport that you enjoy, hang out with friends, or anything else so that you have a life.</p>
<p>If you’re in the AP English class, take the test. If you would have to study for it yourself, do not.
That being said, I got 6 credits for one AP English test, and 3 for the other. But I took the classes and liked the subject.</p>
<p>a778999, I forgot to mention in my post that not only did D not take the AP classes, she did not study for them either and still did well. The $80 was well worth it for her to be able to take classes she wanted to instead of sitting through English 101. If you’ve already paid to take the exam by now (which I assume you have), you might as well take it. Bottom line, if you are already good in English, you might as well take it. Unlike a bunch of the other AP exams, studying like crazy for it now isn’t going to help you for AP English. If you’re getting an A or B in the class, you’ll probably do well on the exam.</p>
<p>Erm, I’m pretty sure the SAT opt out is NOT flexible, at all. They are in fact attempting to eliminate it entirely, and want to simply force students to either use AP credit to test out or take the class. Also, in addition to being able to opt out of ENGL101 for sure, you can also use it to fulfill a CORE literature requirement. </p>
<p>The question is, are you already in AP English and a senior? If so, take the test, God. Why not? You never know what you can use the credit for (a CORE requirement, ENGL101 opt out, maybe even towards your major depending on what that major is).</p>
<p>If you’re not already in the class, it’s a bit more of a difficult decision. If you test out of ENGL101, you end up having to take junior English anyway (more specialized upper-level topics, ex. legal writing, technical writing, etc.) However, if you take ENGL101 and get an A, you don’t have to take junior English.</p>
<p>I have heard ENGL101 is annoying, nit-picky, hard to get an A in, etc. That said, I’m pretty sure if you show up and do the the work, you will most likely get a B.</p>
<p>What if you took the ACT? Is there a way to use ACT scores to become exempt?</p>
<p>They dont use ACT scores. here is the page with the info if anyone wants it [English</a> Department, University of Maryland - Exemptions](<a href=“http://www.english.umd.edu/fw-program-general/fwp-exemptions/]English”>http://www.english.umd.edu/fw-program-general/fwp-exemptions/)</p>