<p>The registration for AP tests is before acceptances come out. This means I can't decide what AP tests I want to take based on the college I get in to. If I got into MIT or something, I could save myself $1000 and not take any AP tests, if I get rejected and decide to go to a state school, I take 14 AP tests and get lots of credit.</p>
<p>Is College Board not the most evil company ever?</p>
<p>It is a company whose purpose is to make profit out of students' dreams of higher education. It is quite evil indeed!!!!!</p>
<p>It's all about the money. What made you guys think that Collegeboard would be any different? They're all companies, and a company's purpose for existence is profit.</p>
<p>It's just that their services are truly overpriced. That's all. And, there's no guarentee your college will accept your scores if they aren't 4s or 5s.</p>
<p>to be honest, it doesn't change, even when you're IN college.</p>
<p>american universities act more like companies than schools, taking every opportunity to deprive you of your money, preying on your ambitions of a successful future.</p>
<p>When compared to the credit you recieve, they're not overpriced at all. But overpriced as in profit-gnawing fiends? Yes.</p>
<p>I think we should all turn Communist and force Collegeboard to let us take the exams for free! :)</p>
<p>or just be willing to pay more tax, like the French and other European countries. Though tax in US is relatively low, you basically pay it all back when you pay for your education and health care.</p>
<p>:D
one of my friends sent the president of collegeboard to "hell" in her essay test for dante's inferno.</p>
<p>WHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAA NELLIE!
Consider the purpose of education despite the cost to you or the motives of others.
Do whatever you can to emancipate your mind regardless of credit acceptance policies.
Let us reason together, you will come out on top either way (even if you "repeat" a course at MIT)
Never take an AP to impress some one else</p>
<p>If you don't open the exam you can send it back and get a refund for everything but $13. Look on their site about refunds. </p>
<p>I personally want to see how well I learned the material during the year and not be left wondering. But, if you are considering taking a load of self-study AP's I can definitely understand.</p>
<p>We take our AP tests for free :D</p>