Do AP classes go into GPAs if you do not take the AP exam? AP Stat or Multivariable?

Applying to College
1

<p>My teachers were being crazy today, and each told me different things pertaining to AP exams. Some of my teachers said that if you do NOT take an AP exam for a class, that 5.0 credit does NOT go into your GPA, nor does it appear on your transcript. On the other hand, another teacher told me it DOES go into your GPA, and DOES appear on your transcript.</p>

<p>I am asking this because I am debating whether to take an AP music theory exam when I already have a bunch of other AP exams to study for. I am not majoring in music in college, which is why I do not want to take it, but I want to make sure I get a 5.0 weight added to my GPA and have it appear on my transcript since I am taking the class!</p>

<p>Also, I have the choice to take AP Statistics or Multivariate Calculus (Calc III). At my school, AP Stat is an easy class while MV is very difficult. However, I want to make the choice based on which would be more useful/appropriate for someone pursuing a career in the medical field? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

2

<p>Unless your school departs from the norm, whether one takes the AP test will not affect anything transcript-related.</p>

3

<p>Whatever the answer is, though, the people who will know it are the administrators in your school, and not some folks on a message board. Schools have their own policies for computing grade point averages.</p>

4

<p>maybe they mean if you don’t take the exam, you don’t get AP weighting added to your GPA? I just heard that some schools do that.</p>

<p>take multivariate calculus if you want to go into premed, I guess. not that many schools can offer that level of math class so why not take advantage of it.</p>

5

<p>Oh…and I think doctors need statistics much more than they need multivariable calculus.</p>

6

<p>^but the OP would have to take multvariable calc in college anyway, doesn’t he? :confused:</p>

7

<p>To go to medical school? No. My wife is a doctor; she never even took differential calculus.</p>