Question about APs

<p>My school made us pay for IB exams, and since graduating from the school was dependent on getting an IB diploma, you can bet no-one didn't not pay.</p>

<p>My school makes us pay a reduced fee (about $50), but still...I don't particularly enjoy taking AP exams, so I'll only be taking what I know will help me out (like Macroecon, Calc AB, and if I'm in a good mood, maybe Microecon and English Lit (although the latter won't count at all)). Unless you just want to do it to prove that you mastered what you learned in the class (or in your studies, if not in a class), you probably wouldn't want to fork over any more cash to the cash-chompin' CB machine.</p>

<p>agreed. i'll probably take calc, chem, and maybe econ.....physics and english can probably slide</p>

<p>My school pays for them. You're required to take the test if you want the AP weight.</p>

<p>I'll be taking 7 this year. Whee.</p>

<p>I think I will only take Calc and Physics. I have nothing to gain by taking the others, but a lot to lose since we have to pay for ours.</p>

<p>I'm only taking the ones that will potentially be useful at Princeton (PhysicsC, Biology, CompSci AB, English Lit). Physics C and CompSci AB are independent studying courses. We have to pay $82 for each exam too.</p>

<p>So far the AP lit exam has not helped me at all at princeton. The class itself was great as it greatly improved my writing.</p>

<p>So i was wondering why you would think the AP lit test would give u any benefits above of the class itself.</p>

<p>sempi, that's insane!!! </p>

<p>I'm taking five and that's $82 a pop. Around $400 and my parents are flabbergasted that they're paying so much money for me to voluntarily take tests. </p>

<p>O_o Someone remind me. Why am I doing this?</p>

<p>My school doesn't cover the cost at all, and in fact charges higher than the actual amount of the test ($95!!!). I asked my guidance counselor what the school does with the other money, and she told me that they use it to pay the proctors (i.e. teachers). Truly incredible!</p>

<p>WHAT?!?!?!?! I would so petition that.</p>

<p>haha seriously, the base price of the AP test is already ridiculously unfair, paying extra money for school proctors?</p>

<p>The whole thing is ridiculous, but the school thinks they can get away with anything when the majority of students come from extremely wealthy families. Oh well.</p>

<p>I'm more shocked that there are schools that actually pay for their students AP tests than I am by the cost of the test (which I've accepted as a part of life just like death and taxes). For those of you whose schools do pay for the tests, is it a public or a private school?</p>

<p>Mine pays...public</p>

<p>Yeah I think we have to pay $87.50, if I remember correctly from before. Our families aren't all really wealthy but neither is our school, so I sort of understand....</p>

<p>I was also wondering about how useful it is to take AP exams if you're going to be attending Princeton. I was accepted ED and will be majoring in either molecular bio or chem engineering. I have read the AP policies on the website but am still not sure which ones would be worthwhile for me to take in terms of placement. Of the following AP exams, which will be useful for me to take (even though I do not want to graduate early)...Calc BC, United States History, English Language, English Literature, Physics C, Micro/Macroeconomics, Chemistry</p>

<p>woohoo, my mission is complete...i officially have every (recent) post on the front page of the princeton board :)</p>

<p>I don't see why collegeboard needs my 82 stinking dollars to give me a test grrr...</p>

<p>college board officially owns us. b/w SATs and APs, they rule our lives</p>

<p>yea definitely =P how come no one complains about collegeboard/s monopoly! haha</p>