Testing AP Calc AB through a non-AP Calculus course: College exemption still valid?

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<p>So I've heard that certain colleges do not accept college credit even with a 5 on the AP Calculus exams without having taken the course because according to them, self-studying Calculus does not grant the student with the core mathematical concepts of Calculus.</p>

<p>I couldn't place into AP Calc AB (I missed scheduling because I was sick, came in later, spots were full in AP Calc, enrolled into Calc Hns....long story), so I'm almost done with Calc Hns this year. We've pretty much covered every single thing that the AB Calc classes do except certain topics which I self taught myself (volume by shells, inverse trig differentiation/antidifferentiation and some other stuff that Hns doesn't cover but the AB classes cover).
So, if I take the AB test while in an Hns class, I can still technically get credit for it and place out of first semester college calculus, right?</p>

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<p>i guess so. on the survey for taking the AP exam, it asks certain questions, such as “what form of study prepare you for this exam” or something like that and the your answers would be among these options:</p>

<p>a. course that corresponds with the subject</p>

<p>b. dual enrollment class</p>

<p>c. honors classes</p>

<p>d. no formal course</p>

<p>the question and options I gave you is not exact but it is similar.</p>

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<p>Each college has its own AP Credit Policy. All of the ones I’ve seen regard only the exam grade, and do not take into consideration and course or prep.</p>

<p>By the way, as far as I know, AP Calc AB does not test volume by shells, only by washer.</p>