<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am currently a senior; I am currently taking AP Physics B, AP Cal BC, and AP Microecon.</p>
<p>Do you think taking AP exams a good idea for senior students? </p>
<p>If I am correct, many colleges started to not really care about AP exams because they have</p>
<p>their own version of the corresponding tests to measure the replacement of students.</p>
<p>Well, that may be true for some colleges, but many of them are fine with granting credit for 4’s/5’s (occasionally 3’s) on the AP exams.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re taking AP courses but don’t take the corresponding AP exams, that looks really bad to colleges! Taking AP exams is a great idea for senior students!</p>
<p>I assume you will have an idea of the college you’ll be attending by the time you need to register for the AP exams. Once you know the college, look up their AP policies and see if they’ll give you credit for the AP exams. </p>
<p>If your college is not very generous with AP credit, I would not waste my time or money taking the tests. However, if the college is generous (several state schools give credit for 3s and higher), take the tests because you won’t have to take those classes in college.</p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>Do colleges rescind the decision if a senior student does not take the corresponding AP exams?</p>
<p>You should research your college’s procedures for those specific departments’ AP policies. If you do not know your college yet, I would suggest preparing for the exams. Can’t hurt after all!</p>
<p>@Mansu: I doubt it. Colleges usually rescind only when an acceptee drops grades from, say, A’s in 1st semester to like C’s or below in 2nd semester.</p>
<p>My daughter’s high school requires students who take AP courses to take the AP exam or they fail the course. And colleges can definitely rescind admission to high school seniors who fail a bunch of courses.</p>
<p>Double check your HS’s policy first. In my district you must take the exam to earn the credit.</p>
<p>In my school, AP Exams do not affect the academic grades; I do not have to worry about the school policy toward AP Exams (it is optional).</p>
<p>However, colleges I applied will send the decisions between mid-March to early April. My deadline to make a decision and payment is on March 1. </p>
<p>I want to be a scientific researcher and all APs I took (or am taking) are AP Sciences and AP Mathematics. I heard that it is best to take all the required classes relating to my major, so it seems that I should take all science and mathematics classes without skipping by AP scores.
But I am also worry about the cost of the collegiate classes…</p>
<p>What should I do? Will colleges give bad impression upon me if I do not take the AP Exams during the Senior year?</p>
<p>@Mansu- My daughter is currently going through the same decision with AP Spanish. Although she is getting an A in the class, it has been with a lot of tears. She adored the Spanish language until she took this class. Her teacher is nice and all, but seems to spend a lot of time making them do projects that in no way seem to prepare her for the actual exam. She is not only afraid of scoring low, but afraid of the actual frustration from taking the test.</p>
<p>I’ve been researching all morning and it seems many people have this thought: College acceptances come in Mar/April. You will tell your school to send your final transcipt to your chosen college in June. By the time AP scores come out in July, your chosen college will be well on the way to gearing up for a new school year. Especially if they start in Aug. With hundreds or thousands of kids coming in, I’m beginning to think they wouldn’t have much time to match up the AP classes you took to the AP tests you took. And if they did notice, I hardly think they would rescind their offer. Am I positive about this? Well, no. But I think it is a failry safe bet to take. My daughter will, however. be taking her other 2 AP exams because she is confident in the material.</p>
<p>Besides, it may not happen for a while, but the AP institution is on its way to dying. Many Ivies are starting to reject them for class credit (Dartmouth) or take very few of them unless you have a 5 (Stanford). It is expected that slowly other schools will follow suit. I know taking them/ not taking them is a tough call, but I think we are going to risk it. Good luck to you!</p>