<p>Did anyone bring AP prep books to college that are related to their major? Are they helpful to have? I heard that somewhere to bring them with...</p>
<p>No, especially not for your prospective schedule. AP Music Theory (if you took it) does not go through the the entirety of a Theory II college course and you should already know everything from Theory I if you are a music major. You’re also trying to take two history courses that are completely unrelated to the ones you took in high school. Sell them, donate them, leave them or throw them away.</p>
<p>I didn’t take AP Music Theory…my school didn’t offer it, otherwise I would’ve taken it.</p>
<p>For the history courses, I might need my AP US & Euro books later, when I take a course on those subjects…maybe 2nd semester, so could that be a helpful thing, worth it to save them til then?</p>
<p>Like I said, an AP Music Theory prep book would be worthless in college anyways, so don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>Wait until second semester when you know what you’ll be taking. You will have the entirety of winter break to decide whether or not you should bring them back to school with you. I don’t think they would help much since the textbooks/other books you will have to buy for your courses will be a much better source of information relevant to the course than an AP prep book.</p>
<p>If I don’t take the APUSH on right away, then I won’t be able to take it at all. I have to take it before my sister gets a hold of it because she’s taking APUSH this year and will take mine if I don’t. I can take mine and she can buy her own…</p>
<p>It would be a good idea to read them over the summer before you get there to refresh your memory, but they’re really not worth packing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was planning on reading/reviewing them, but I’m running out of time with everything else! I’m trying to get to it, but not guaranteed…depends on how long all this college shopping and packing takes…</p>
<p>Set it aside and don’t let her take it. Even if she does, you’re considering buying a $64 laptop case; I’m sure you can afford a new AP review book if you find it necessary.</p>
<p>Yeah and she should take the new one, since that would have the current test scoring instructions in it from this year, whereas mine still says “subtract 1/4 for each incorrect MC question” since it’s from 2009. I don’t care about the test directions/scoring, just the actual content of the book.</p>
<p>…So where is the dilemma?</p>
<p>To let me take it, and her buy a new one.</p>
<p>I was just saying that if we have one old one and buy one new one, I’d take the old one. Sorry if my post was confusing! She and my parents both think I don’t need it.</p>
<p>She and your parents are correct.</p>
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<p>Not that this applies here since she didn’t take AP Music Theory… but my AP Theory textbook/workbooks were used by the local college that is known for its music program. We had the exact same textbooks as them and were actually going faster than they were. When I visited the college, I stayed with a Music Performance Major and she was showing me what all they had to do and she pulled out her books and I was like “Oh, that’s what we use! And we’ve already done that!”</p>
<p>So I wouldn’t completely discount all AP stuff.</p>
<p>And I know of other cases where my high school classes used the same textbooks as colleges.</p>
<p>^That is absurd. I attend a LAC that has a subpar music program and even we have better textbooks and move at double the pace of an AP Music Theory course. I’m also curious which college you are referring to; if you were really moving at a faster pace in AP Music Theory than they were in a college-level Theory I/II course, that college simply does not have a very good music program, at least theory-wise. AP Music Theory does/should not cover the entirety of a Theory II course either.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you were asking for AP Music Theory specifically, but regardless of my major, I’m bringing my Barron’s AP English Lit. It was helpful when I wrote my college essays, will be helpful when I take my IB English HL class next year, and probably be useful in any class I have to write an essay or construct a literary analysis. </p>
<p>I mean, I even used it with my Art class and History class for the assignments that required critical analyses. </p>
<p>If you’re going into that field (Music, as said above), then take it as a guide and reference. I haven’t seen it, but if it’s huge, I would still consider it a valuable item.</p>