<p>I was not sure where I was going to college when I paid for my tests, and I wasn’t aware of how they distributed credit for AP courses.</p>
<p>Since I paid for the tests there isn’t a reason to not take them. I get credit points for them, but I’m going to have plenty of credits anyways.</p>
<p>I don’t mind taking them, because its just a little extra studying and it is nice seeing that I at least mastered the material for that class.</p>
<p>i’m not a senior, but our school requires everyone enrolled in an ap class take the exam. if you don’t take it, you fail the class. as a result, most seniors who know they wont be getting credit just dont try on the exam and consider the 3-4 hours taking the exam to be a good excuse to not have to go to class for the day.</p>
<p>I’m glad all 5 of my AP tests this year get credit at BC :)</p>
<p>AP tests are required by my HS. If we take the class, we must take the test. As for self studies, I needed to have some goal I was working toward to keep up my French when scheduling prevented me from taking a class and needed some evaluation of my skill level and I thought psych would be fun and easy.</p>
<p>Because my school requires it for AP weight on my GPA. >></p>
<p>because my school requires me to take the ap exam for ap courses if I want to graduate :(</p>
<p>I’m already an National AP Scholar, but I took Stats and Lit this year anyway. One, to say I got 10 5’s (which isn’t important really), and 2, I expect a very good final letter of rec. from my lit teacher and it wouldn’t be stellar at least for her to say how good she thinks I am without the AP score to back it up.</p>
<p>HAHA well all of mine are for credit except ONE
which was English lit…even if I got a 5, I wouldn’t get any credit lol
The only reason I stayed in it was because our teacher was giving a really hard test over wuthering heights which I didn’t feel like reading and thinking about this close to graduation hahaha and she gave 100’s on the test to AP takers :D</p>
<p>i will receive credit.
an most people will.</p>
<p>Some teachers assign large research papers if you don’t take the AP exam, some don’t really do anything aside from get very upset, and others don’t really care.</p>
<p>For some reason, I started studying even harder for Physics B AFTER I learned that I wouldn’t be getting any credit for it at UCLA no matter what my score is.</p>
<p>I’m starting off as a biomedical engineer major but I’m not very confident that I’ll be able to hang with the other engineers who can easily get 5’s on Calculus and Physics. I’m hoping that I can get a 4 to boost my own confidence that I can at least do decent in college physics and the material should give me a good enough background to understand what I learn in introductory college physics.</p>
<p>Out of respect for our teachers.</p>
<p>I said the same thing to a friend last year. And now that I am a senior, there is no reason to not try or study. And because the classes are actually interesting - English Literature & Composition, US Government & Politics, and Microeconomics. :)</p>
<p>“Seniors! Why are you taking AP exams you won’t get credit for?”</p>
<p>good question :(.</p>
<p>There’s also this thing called learning, which is another reason I take APs.</p>
<p>So my peers think I am smart, duhhh</p>
<p>Because I already paid for them before knowing where I was going for college. I might as well take them all since it would be worse to just have the money be wasted.</p>
<p>I’m doing it because it’s practically free (reduced fees for me–I paid only $20 for 3 AP exams this year), and if it doesn’t help me get college credit or bypass first level courses in college, then it will help me gain knowledge.</p>
<p>Also, my school is part of the MMSI–the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative. As a reward for receiving a 3 or above on any math, science, or English AP exam, I receive $100. I am fairly confident that I will earn $200 this year and $300 next year. A good part of the initiative is that the people sponsoring it pay half of the AP fees for ALL the students in my school. So that means anyone in my school pays, at most, $43 for any AP exam. =D</p>
<p>So, I guess where you live plays a factor as well.</p>
<p>hmm which courses do you not get credit for?.. It all depends on the college you are going to. I’m taking Physics B, because the college I’m going to gives credits for it, and I’ve planned out which test-outs I can do there, so I dont need to spend the approx. 150$ fee(here in India) per AP test.</p>