<p>At my kids HS, they take either AP calc AB or BC. No one I've heard of takes one & then the other.</p>
<p>How much less weight does an AP test carry over an AP class? At my HS the AP English and AP History classes are both seminar's in which we have 1 or 2 seminars near the end of they year and then we take the AP test. </p>
<p>Also, what exactly do the colleges see? Do they see your AP class grade, or do they see just your AP test score?</p>
<p>The rigor of the classes you take is more important than your overall GPA. If you have a 3.3 with the hardest classes possible, it's much better than a 3.7 in just a few honors and AP classes.</p>
<p>NO ONE will see your AP score unless you pay the College Board to send it to them (generally after you've accepted the U you'll be attending in April). When your app is being evaluated, they don't know how you did in your AP exam, unless you tell them. If you did well, you or your recs can volunteer that info if you like.
Your transcript will show all your grades, including your grades received in your AP courses.</p>
<p>MLEVINE07, that's a boost of confidence for me. A lot of people around me are getting straight As but have less APs. I'm taking one of the hardest courseloads in our school, so obviously it is difficult to get straight As. Nonetheless, people with a lot of APs should aspire to get straight As... it looks really, really good.</p>
<p>Colleges will be looking at the grade you recieve in the AP class, and probably the unweighted version at least together with the weighted and sometimes alone.</p>
<p>However, IME, they will put a huge amount of consideration into what your actual AP exam score was. Why? Just because a course is called AP, that does not make it college level. I have seen private school AP courses that are literally easier than a regular course at my school (also a prep school).</p>