I am currently a senior in high school but I cannot afford to take all 6 of my AP tests this year so I am trying to narrow down to 3 tests, but also I am planning to go into college with a double major in Political Science and Economics with a minor in French.
I am debating whether or not to take some of these tests because I have also considered that I can either skip an elective with them or skip an introductory class. But I do not know which ones are worth it for me to take. But these are my AP courses for this year:
AP U.S. Government and Politics
AP French Language and Culture
AP Physics 1
AP Literature and Composition
AP Macroeconomics (Independent Study)
AP Psychology
Thoughts or opinions on which 3 would be the most beneficial?
If you think you might major in Economics, you probably don’t want to jump to the intermediate level on the basis of a self study. So not that one!
Many schools require all freshmen to take English, so that one (depending on the schools you are considering) is unlikely to do you any good. Not that one
The French one is likely to get you placement into the right level, so I would do that one.
If you are looking at schools with distribution requirements that include science, Physics could allow you to skip one of those. That could be valuable if you have a lot of requirements in your major, so I would consider taking that one.
Between psych and Gov, I guess I would take government. Not sure what value psych credit would be for you.
My vote would be for AP French and AP Lit, both of which could potentially count for core requirements, depending on the college. French could be helpful for placement in higher French courses.
Physics 1 is rarely useful, as it doesn’t offer credit or offers credit for a course that doesn’t help in most situations, not to mention it has the lowest pass rate of any AP exam.
Look up the AP credit charts of your colleges of interest. Be sure to consider *subject * credit (i.e. fulfillment of specific course requirements) and advanced placement, not just credit units.