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<p>Only 4 were self-study; he was enrolled in 3 AP classes and had previously taken college chemistry at the local university. We didn’t have to pay for any of the APs (low-income waiver) and we made the most of that opportunity.</p>
<p>Teaching yourself 4 math or science APs in a month, in your spare time, is a little bit nutty, but one should be doable, especially if you already had the honors version.</p>
<p>But the thing is most schools have a language requirement so I’m wondering if it’d be best to take it and get it over with?</p>
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<p>You mean SAT II’s? There’s no point in taking more than two, unless you want to go to Georgetown, then three. Math II should probably be one of them; the other? In your area of strength, where you can get an 800 (or close to it).</p>
<p>If I can find a way to sign up I may do it…do you think there’s a way to sign up online?</p>
<p>You could perhaps drop AP Government (it’s considered lightweight) instead. Is your French good enough for you to sit for the AP exam now?</p>
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<p>No. There should be someone at your school who specifically orders and oversees these AP exams. We went through my son’s counselor, but you could try direct contact, too.</p>
<p>Actually it might be…I could ask my teacher. Does it look bad not to take 4 years of French though? Hmmm…yeah I think I’ll do regular Government. The only thing is my advisor for yearbook is the AP teacher so I was thinking he could write me a rec letter from the perspective of not just as a yearbook teacher, but as an actual academic teacher…or does it not matter?</p>
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<p>My son took two years of a language (he may intern in a research lab in Germany later to gain fluency). For now, two years was enough for Brown and Northwestern and the top two LACs. If you go to a college with a distribution requirement, you may be required to take a foreign language (Brown and Amherst have open curriculums with no general requirements). But the AP French exam may get you out of that requirement and you don’t need to sit in a classroom for another year to take it. Go to France or Montreal for the summer instead!</p>
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<p>There’s no point in dropping AP Government for regular government, only if you wanted room in your schedule to take AP Chem or AP Bio. If the AP Government teacher is the one that will write you a great recommendation, then take him – but make sure your other recommendation is from a math or science teacher.</p>
<p>Apparently the AP French exam is really hard…but then again I probably have a better chance getting a 5 on that at this point after brushing up on some vocab than another subject. And yeah I agree I’m definitely having my Physics teacher write one of them (she’s my Honors as well as AP teacher) then probably the Gov one (I’ve had him since sophomore year).</p>