<p>I have the option of taking the AP tests for Stats and Physics. I am a liberal arts major, and so none of these will help with requirements for my major, and don't fill any math/science GE requirements anyways. How can they help?</p>
<p>i am wondering the same thing, but about spanish - i already have the satII score to qualify, but my teacher says it would be a good "challenge" (i've heard it's impossible)</p>
<p>Good question, and I'd like to see if any of the current students have any advice to share about this...Stanford doesn't even accept most AP tests for any credit at all, it seems...</p>
<p>Don't bother with stats. If you have a solid shot at a 4 or 5 on AP Physics B or a 3, 4, or 5 on either of the AP Physics C tests you might as well take the exam. I'd suggest that you go ahead and take the AP Spanish exam because 1) you can't be entirely certain that the SAT score will continue to get you out of the language requirement in the future (don't have any reason to believe it would change, but it's not impossible) and 2) if you plan to continue studying spanish at Stanford you'll probably be slightly better of having taken the exam. I wouldn't bother with any exams that you can't get credit for.</p>
<p>Also, be sure to do either the SAT II or AP exam in any language that you think you might be able to test out of. Some of my friends didn't do so and now regret it. The SAT II is much easier than the placement test here (or so I hear).</p>
<p>Would it be okay not to take the AP test if Stanford doesn't accept the credit? I ask because I am tempted to pass on the AP Music Theory test for two reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford doesn't take Music Theory credit.</li>
<li>The AP Music Theory test is at the same time as the AP Calc test, which I do not want to make up.</li>
</ol>
<p>How would taking Physics help me? I know I can easily get a 4 or 5</p>
<p>AP credits still count toward the 180 units for graduation, so you could take a lighter workload, study abroad, or double major if you wanted.</p>
<p>I forgot about the 180 required credits.......thanks!</p>
<p>8 quarter units for a 5 on Physics B, or 4 units for a 4
This is more generous than some schools that give nothing for Physics B</p>
<p>What is the qualifying SAT II Spanish score (that's comparable to the AP test supposedly)- if you can do so?
I can't seem to find it anywhere online.
Thanks.</p>
<p>The SAT II Spanish score seems to be 630. See <a href="http://language.stanford.edu/requirement/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://language.stanford.edu/requirement/index.html</a> , a pretty easy Google search. These requiements seem to change occasionally.</p>
<p>Some schools require 650 or more.</p>
<p>Ya - that's what I found on Stanford's Foreign Language program website. It's weird because the SAT II must be way easier than the AP. No complaints tho. I think it just gives us the foreign language credit - we still have to take the oral part of the placement test if we want to continue to study Spanish.</p>
<p>Having a requirement waived is always nice. A seperate question, which I tried unsuccessfully to raise earlier, deals with continuing in a language (or math, physics or chemistry). That is, is it a good call to place into or otherwise sign up for the most advanced possible continuing class? Or might it be adviseable, especiallly for freshmen, to give yourself a break and take, say, third term Spanish instead of fourth term Spanish?</p>
<p>Has anybody else considered taking a foreign language SAT II this spring in lieu of an AP test to skip out of the foreign language requirement?</p>
<p>Does any of us have a clue whether it is easier to get a 4 or a 630-640?</p>
<p>there is not going to be foreign language testing in the spring. it appears to only be offered in november. i missed out on it too... =(</p>
<p>"A seperate question, which I tried unsuccessfully to raise earlier, deals with continuing in a language (or math, physics or chemistry). That is, is it a good call to place into or otherwise sign up for the most advanced possible continuing class? Or might it be adviseable, especiallly for freshmen, to give yourself a break and take, say, third term Spanish instead of fourth term Spanish?" </p>
<p>I personally see no reason to repeat a class you already took (unless it's required for your major, premed requirements, etc.). On the other hand, I wouldn't recommend that you take the hardest class available. For example, if you have a 5 on AP Calc BC you can take Math 51H first quarter. If you don't really like math I wouldn't recommend the class. If you are unsure which level class you should be in, attend the two classes you are considering for the first week or two, see the homework, meet the profs, etc. and then decide. You can add classes 3 weeks into the quarter and drop them 4 weeks into the quarter. </p>
<p>(Aside: If you took a class in high school and meet the AP requirements to place out of it but don't feel that your high school class was at the same level as the same class at Stanford, yet you don't really want to repeat the class, you could also just sit in on lectures for the quarter. That's what I'm doing with CS 106A.)</p>
<p>Thank you, marlgirl. Are any of these lectures, or lectures in general, available on streaming video or in any way other than actually attending (which might conflict with other classes, etc.)? </p>
<p>If you take this approach, (your 106A example), would you do the problem sets, etc., or just use the lectures to refresh your memory?</p>
<p>It's not that hard to do well on the SAT II (Spanish anyway). I got a 720 after 3 years of high school Spanish. I am taking practice APs right now and they are impossible.</p>
<p>Marlgirl, if you add a class 3 weeks after the quarter begins wont you be behind in the class? Do prospective students in a class read the material even though they may not end up taking the class?</p>