I would like to lessen my workload but I just don’t know if there will be any recprecusions if I do.
My son felt as you did an opted not to take an A.P. that he could have. I let it go and didn’t push him because he was tired, working a lot at his part time job and let him make his own decisions. Now he regrets it because his university would have accepted his A.P. credit assuming he did well. It would have been cheap credits and three more in the bag. So…I’d say it’s up to you.
By the time AP exams roll around in May, seniors will know (most likely) which college they will be attending and can easily verify the AP credit policy for that college. If the college does not grant credit for the subject or the student does not want the credit for the subject and the HS does not require the student to take the AP exam, then there are no repercussions to not taking the exam. Of course, you may lose the test fee if you’ve already registered.
Isn’t the fee refundable? Collegeboard site says it’s refundable up to the start of the exam, but it may depend on school policies.
Sorry, I was doing from memory.
At our HS, those that don’t take the AP exam have to stick around and take a class final at the end of June. Confirm your HS doesn’t have the same policy.
I really really would suggest you attempting the tests…if you get some AP scores high enough for you to get credit for a class, that can be a godsend. If you need to drop a class, you still have credit from the AP classes. If you need to take a lighter semester because you have some hard lab classes, you have the AP credit.
Its okay to be deliberate about which tests you take, but future you will thank you for it. If you do poorly, it doesn’t matter at all.