Taking a foreign language AP exam in 12th grade

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How common is it for schools to exempt students with a 4 or 5 on a foreign language from the requirement.

Very

What is a typical SAT subject test cutoff for exemption?

That’s a big old “it depends.” UC is 590; Columbia is 780.

Do many colleges count AP foreign language credit towards humanities distribution requirements?

Another “it depends.” Usually it counts as fulfillment of the language requirement but not double-counted as a gen ed credit for humanities; often the credit is assigned as elective credit, but it varies.

I am thinking of have him focus on the AP Statistics and Economics exams, because he is more likely to want to take higher-level classes in those subjects in college.

Even if the college accepts AP Stats credit, it is very unlikely that he can apply it to his major. Stats for STEM majors is calc-based, which AP Stats is not. Given the choice between focusing on the AP Stats exam and the AP French exam, I’d focus on the latter, although TBH the amount of prep needed for a strong STEM student for the AP Stats exam should be minimal.