Questions About AP Exams

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<p>Hi everyone! I'm currently a senior who's pretty much done with his college apps and I'm just thinking about college that's ahead of me. I took AP stat last year and got a 5 and I'm taking AP US, AP Chem, and Calc AB this year and I don't mean to be cocky but I'm pretty sure I can score a 5 on all three of them. </p>

<p>However, I'm just wondering what these scores actually do for colleges. I looked up each individual school I applied to and I see that all of them give credit to ap classes but I'm wondering what this credit is actually for other than graduation requirements and to possibly skip these classes. Or is that actually all that it's for or am I missing the bigger picture? I would think that people wouldn't want to skip a college class like chem even if we got college credit for it because wouldn't the college experience of chemistry class be invaluable? Furthermore we would have an edge in the class since we would have learned most of it in high school and it would then our college gpa to a good start. </p>

<p>I started pondering about what these AP exams actually do because I'm trying to go into the medical field (either as a pharmacist or a primary doctor) and I was wondering whether or not self studying ap micro/macro economics would be worth it. I mean I LOVE history and I know for sure I would love learning economics in depth since I always had an interest in it but I'm wondering if it would make my college life somewhat easier and how it would. Or should I self study psych or AP bio because getting credit for those courses seem much more relevant to my major? </p>

<p>Sorry if I seemed like I was blabbing and ranting on and on -.-</p>

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<p>Hi! I’m a senior too. Okay to answer your question…</p>

<p>With your intended major, I would recommend taking AP Bio. You probably won’t have to take many history classes (unless of course you choose to take more or minor, yada-yada), so you’ll probably only have to take a few and those shouldn’t be bad. Also, taking AP sciences in hs will definitely make your first few classes in college easy. When its your frosh year and you’re homesick and depressed, you’ll probably want to have the luxury of being able to sleep though/not show up to your Calc or your Bio class and still get an A. </p>

<p>Regarding skipping classes, if you’re going to a pretty difficult or selective school (well, since you’ll be med that will be difficult at any school you go to) I wouldn’t recommend skipping your science/math classes. I know plenty of people who got credit for calc 1 and are totally clueless in calc 2. Its pretty easy to get overwhelmed then. </p>

<p>Good luck, I hope everything works out well. I myself took calc AB/BC last year (4s on both) and am looking to go into engineering so I will definitely be retaking them in college (especially with a year off). Even though, technically, I exempted out of calc 2 but not calc 1? haha.</p>