AP lang/lit (3,4,5) or just a 660 on english part of SAT. Will place you into WRT 102.
AP computer science (4,5) required for most majors at stony, and will take you out of computer science 114. It is also the hardest class at stony, because it is a weed out class so taking it in high school will be a lot less stressful.
AP language (3,4,5) or any college language equivalent will place you out of SPN 211 for Spanish majors. TAKE SENIOR LANGUAGE. Everyone needs to take a language at stony brook (except engineering majors) and taking AP LANGUAGE or getting any credit for language will free you of taking a language.
AP chemistry (3,4,5) will place you into a 3 semester sequence instead of 4
AP calc BC (4,5) will you place you out of calc 1 and 2. Even if your bad at math, take BC because most STEM majors require both calcs and it is much harder in college.
AP US HISTORY (3,4,5) will place you out of the USA requirement and save you from another class.
AP PHYSICS (4,5) will place you out of PHY 125, and place you into 126/17 sequence. It wont save you more time, but you wont have to take the accelerated 2 semester sequence (131/132)
There are probably more AP’s that are helpful but these are the one’s I know of. I strongly recommend you take these classes because to be able to have a schedule with less credits will be so helpful. I wish I would have taken more of these classes in high school because as a freshman at Stony Brook I am wasting my first year taking these classes at Stony and they are really hard.
AP BIO is useless at stony. It places you out of nothing and is just elective credit