Is AP Econ a semester course? If so, they may have found that taking the course in the fall is too far away from the spring test for students to remember the material and do well on the test.
I stand corrected. DS told me not to trust what is printed on his schedule 
and he got AP Economics only.
4 APs, 2 Honors for his senior year.
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My S23 is going for his AA, he needs those Scores on his AP test.
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Sorry, whatâs AA?
Associateâs degree.
Whoâs awarding the associates degree? My son is also getting his associates concurrent with his high school diploma, but all of his classes are dual credit. Is the institution awarding the associates degree taking AP classes toward the degree? I have never heard of that. I think youâd still need 60 units of coursework.
S23 during his 4 years, 8 Aice, 7 AP, 6 DE, 4 Honors and 3 Regular classes.
Senior year Schedule - Lit 2000, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, ENC 1102 Composition, ECO2013 Macroeconomics/POS2041 National Government. Aice and AP classes with a passing test get the college credit.
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Pretty much every associates-awarding college out there takes AP credits.
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Students at my sonâs school have to take the AP exam if they take the class.
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Seniors here wait to see what college they expect to go to before deciding whether to take the tests senior year. By the time of the tests in May they almost always know and can determine if itâs a college which will give them credit for a good score and skip past some requirements or whether itâs a college that caps AP credit and they usually already have more than the cap. Sometimes itâs a very tactical decision â worth taking this test but not that test, etc.
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Our school claims this too, but it turns out to be a bluff. They say it on the course requirement up front, in the fall back to school meetings and send out emails reminding people. As a result, our oldest did all his tests senior year despite already knowing his college would give him no credit for them. After that we learned we were the suckers since most kids and parents simply ignore all those rules and skip the tests anyway unless the students expect to get college credit for them. Whatâs the school really going to do about it? I would be surprised if they even have a way to know the kid didnât take it until scores come out in July by which time the grade is final and the kid is graduated.
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Our HS tells kids that if they donât take the exam (which is given in school so they know whoâs taken it) then the course is reassigned a value of Honors vs. AP in weighting. Donât agree with the approach but it is what it is.
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Yes same, you described it better!
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Thatâs a bummer. What is the difference in weighting at your school between Honors and AP? Most colleges would do their own weighting regardless of what the schoolâs is. A HSâs weighing is pretty useless since itâs so esoteric to that HS. Though for OOS UCâs having AP designation would be weighted and Honors would not.
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The moment a kid, say, tests positive for covid and canât take the AP exam (since itâs a single sitting) and has their weighting altered, that seems like an ADA lawsuit waiting to happen.
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The weighting would matter for class rank, valedictorian, etc⊠What would they do if a student was sick and couldnât attend the test? Our seniors going for an AA degree usually do not take the senior year AP exams because theyâre already receiving dual credit for those classes.
I guess taking the test doesnât mean studying for the test unless the class grade somehow takes the Ap grade into account which I donât see how it could. I agree there would be rebellion here if seniors were required to take AP exams.
Our school requires all students to take the AP exam. We sign an agreement to that effect. The exam is in-school in May so they absolutely know who takes it and who does not. I have no idea what the repercussions might be if someone broke the agreement, but despite the financial hardship for us ($400 is a lot of money to us) and knowing sheâd get no credit for anything my daughter upheld her end of the agreement. The only one that might have mattered was French - but she needed at least a 4 and only got a 3 (I said she took them, not that she studied very hard for them).
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At our kidsâ HS, some of the AP classes require students to take the exam (this is included in the course catalog description), while others donât require it. Students sign an agreement if required to take the exam. I donât know whether the school enforces this in any way.
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The College Board offers âlate testing dates.â