<p>AP test registration is coming up very soon, so I was wondering which tests fulfill class requirements for an Engineering Undeclared major. I haven't been accepted yet and Regents is definitely out of reach, but Cal's still my first choice. Could anyone please tell me which tests I should bother paying for? A link to this info would be appreciated too</p>
<p>Junior AP Tests taken and passed:
APUSH
Statistics
Chemistry</p>
<p>Senior AP Classes:
AP Enviro
AP Physics B (probably won't take this as Cal only gives credit for Physics C)
AP Biology
AP Government
AP English Literature</p>
<p>I'm in engineering undeclared right now. AP Bio is great to take because it gets you out of some science electives (Chem 1b, physics 7c, and obviously bio 1a). Get a 4 or 5 on that. AP Lit is important because it gets you out of the R1a requirement if you get a 4 or 5. That saves you a whole humanities class right there (although no matter what you get on your ap english, you can't get out of r1b in engineering). Don't know about gov or enviro.</p>
<p>and you can just not take an ap if you please? at our high school, if you were in an ap class, you had to take the test at the end of the year.</p>
<p>At my school AP tests are optional but most still take them. The stupid tests are 85 freaking dollars each, so instead of dishing out $425, I'll only take the tests that matter -- of course I'm assuming I'll get into Cal Engineering Undeclared which probably won't happen but for me it's Berkeley or bust.</p>
<p>I recommend taking all of them because even if they don't let you skip out of classes, they'll give you more units for advanced standing, etc. If you come in with advanced standing (like, with enough units to be a sophomore), which it looks like you will if you pass all your APs, you have a big advantage for signing up for your spring classes.</p>
<p>Here is L&S's page for the amount of credit you get per test <a href="http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/faq/ap.html%5B/url%5D">http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/faq/ap.html</a>. although you're in engineering, you'll still get the same units for the tests. COE's AP list only tells you what classes you get out of for a test, so if a test doesn't get you out of a class it's not listed, even though you still get units that add toward your class standing.</p>
<p>also if you listed that you'd take AP tests in the spring on your application, you sort of have to take them. I've never heard fo anyone getting admission rescinded for not taking the tests, but it can't hurt to be safe.</p>