<p>We listed this year's planned AP exams on the application. My question is if you take the class and get a top grade but decide to not take the AP exam, will Berkeley have a problem. I think the only point of the exam is to get out of classes at Berkeley. With the college visits this month, doing all the AP exams right after the decision would pile on the stress, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all they care about is that we Ace the classes.</p>
<p>I have the same question. </p>
<p>I’m taking an IB English Exam instead of the AP English Exam when I had put both on my application.</p>
<p>Pretty sure they don’t care. Friend listed 4 APs he wanted to take. But then got lazy, got all his money back except for stats and then nearly failed stats AP test b/c he never even checked out the book from the library.</p>
<p>sweet . . . . . . .</p>
<p>but you might hope for another opinion other than mine. lol</p>
<p>It shouldn’t matter. But in terms of English, I would recommend you take both exams (since it counts for R&C credit).</p>
<p>I told someone this before who didn’t want to take the AP Test: why wouldn’t you take the AP exams? If you can get your money back, that still wouldn’t make sense, because college courses are so much more expensive. The only way it would make sense is if you know that you won’t get the necessary score to pass out of classes. You said you don’t want to be stressed, so just don’t study. Honestly, taking the actual tests aren’t very stressful, and at my school we get the rest of the day off so it is actually better than regular school. </p>
<p>So, my advice is to not study but just take the AP Tests anyway. I think that if you are smart enough to get into Cal, you should do fine in most of your subjects with little effort, unless you really didn’t pay attention in class (but then you probably wouldn’t be at Cal). Ask your teachers to review for a couple weeks before, if they aren’t doing that already. The grading on AP Tests is super easy, in case you didn’t already know. A 5 is an 80%, a 4 is 60%, and so on. So basically, it is easy to get at least a 3.</p>
<p>If you don’t get your money refunded, why not take the tests? If you can get a refund, I recommend to only not take the tests if you have done some practice exams already and scored below a 3 and refuse to study to try and raise your score. The benefits of AP credit far outweigh the 80 dollars to take the test.</p>
<p>If I’ve already completed the American History and Institutions requirement by passing the APUSH exam, is there a point to getting a good score on an AP government exam?</p>
<p>Senior0991 makes a good point, though A) not every course will really give you credit for something, B) if you’re a high school senior and not really caring about classes, I don’t think it’s a big deal.</p>
<p>AP gov exam counts as a social science requirement for Public Health, if you are interested in that. I’m not sure it counts for anything else, aside from 2.7 credits or something.</p>