<p>My son did not take AP English Comp his junior year, but his english teacher recommended that he take the AP exam anyway. We did not encourage him or offer to pay for it (because we didn’t understand how he could achieve a passing score without taking the actual course) and so he did not take the exam. It’s my one regret of his pre-college prep. He scored 5s on all exams for AP courses his senior year and probably would have scored well on that english exam. I concur with all the opinions re achieving soph status as a college freshman. It was a definite advantage for him to register for his 2nd semester courses ahead of his peers and he’s way ahead on the courses he needs for his concentration in AE. It was given him much more flexibility in planning his shedules.</p>