Does taking AP Enviormental Science senior year put one at a disadvantage?

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<p>AP credits vary depending on the college. At Harvard, unless you opt for “Advanced Standing” (graduating in 3 years instead of 4), the only AP that matters is foreign language. Scoring a 5 on your AP for Spanish, French, German, or Latin will exempt you from all foreign language requirements. (At Yale, however, scoring a 5 on those same AP’s will exempt you from 3 out of 4 terms of that language, but you would still be required to take one semester of that language in college.)</p>

<p>With regards to AP Environmental Science, Harvard will not give you college credit even for Advanced Standing. See:[Advanced</a> Standing Advising Programs Office](<a href=“http://apo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73580&pageid=icb.page388448&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent823379&view=view.do&viewParam_name=asgeninfo.html#a_icb_pagecontent823379_a_icb_pagecontent825552_apexams]Advanced”>http://apo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73580&pageid=icb.page388448&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent823379&view=view.do&viewParam_name=asgeninfo.html#a_icb_pagecontent823379_a_icb_pagecontent825552_apexams)</p>

<p>The following College Board Advanced Placement examinations may NOT be used for eligibility:
Art (Studio and Portfolio)
Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A
Environmental Science
Human Geography
International English
United States Government and Politics</p>

<p>By way of comparison, Environmental Science is not on Yale’s table of AP credit, so I imagine they would not give you credit as well: <a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/table-acceleration-credit[/url]”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/table-acceleration-credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;