AP Pre-Calculus Exam - Is your kid taking it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

Colleges are not going to provide credit for a high school, non-college level course; that is just wasting your money.

The same can be said about AP Physics 1 & 2.

You may get some college credit but not for majors that require higher math. It might be worth it for a humanities kid applying to a lower tier college.

Not sure $100 is that huge a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

Colleges are not going to provide credit for a high school, non-college level course; that is just wasting your money.

The same can be said about AP Physics 1 & 2.

You may get some college credit but not for majors that require higher math. It might be worth it for a humanities kid applying to a lower tier college.

Not sure $100 is that huge a waste of money.

I think you could get credit for a non-major science class for AP physics 1 or 2 (what we called “physics for poets” in the ‘90s when I went to college). But you won’t get credit for AP precalc anywhere because that’s not a college-level class at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

He is taking precalculus before 9th grade, and I’m not sure if the high school he’ll go to will accept the class, which is why I think the AP will help. The main reason is to check that he really mastered the material or if he needs to retake the following year. If he gets a 5 he’ll go onto calculus, if not repeat.

Many students that do DE or IB take the AP exam as well, because it’s more straightforward to get credit, which is given for the AP exam, not necessarily for the class.

OMG. You've posted before in the same sneaky way. Who cares if someone else's normally tracked kid is taking it or not taking it. Your situation is so completely out of the norm that the advice that people took a lot of time to offer here might not be good advice for you. Can you please stop posting or just identify your situation more clearly. It's like you are waiting to brag about your child but hesitant and then you fake reluctantly reveal the situation after everyone is confused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

He is taking precalculus before 9th grade, and I’m not sure if the high school he’ll go to will accept the class, which is why I think the AP will help. The main reason is to check that he really mastered the material or if he needs to retake the following year. If he gets a 5 he’ll go onto calculus, if not repeat.

Many students that do DE or IB take the AP exam as well, because it’s more straightforward to get credit, which is given for the AP exam, not necessarily for the class.

OMG. You've posted before in the same sneaky way. Who cares if someone else's normally tracked kid is taking it or not taking it. Your situation is so completely out of the norm that the advice that people took a lot of time to offer here might not be good advice for you. Can you please stop posting or just identify your situation more clearly. It's like you are waiting to brag about your child but hesitant and then you fake reluctantly reveal the situation after everyone is confused.

You’re the only one who is confused, I’m guessing you’re not that bright either, if you can’t just filter out what is not applicable to your child’s situation. The topic is of interest to me so I’ll post if I want to. If you have an issue with it, I’ll fake reluctantly ask you to f off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

Colleges are not going to provide credit for a high school, non-college level course; that is just wasting your money.

The same can be said about AP Physics 1 & 2.

You may get some college credit but not for majors that require higher math. It might be worth it for a humanities kid applying to a lower tier college.

Not sure $100 is that huge a waste of money.

I think you could get credit for a non-major science class for AP physics 1 or 2 (what we called “physics for poets” in the ‘90s when I went to college). But you won’t get credit for AP precalc anywhere because that’s not a college-level class at all.

It won’t matter much for a student required to take 4 years of math in high school, because then precalculus is a given.

There are states that only require three years of math in HS, eg California, so University of California and Cal State may accept precalculus as a degree requirement for some majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a no-risk way to practice test taking and see if they actually learned anything. Mine will take it.

There are cheaper ways, like taking a practice test.

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

I suggest confirming with the school before you spend (and possibly wast) $100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

He is taking precalculus before 9th grade, and I’m not sure if the high school he’ll go to will accept the class, which is why I think the AP will help. The main reason is to check that he really mastered the material or if he needs to retake the following year. If he gets a 5 he’ll go onto calculus, if not repeat.

Many students that do DE or IB take the AP exam as well, because it’s more straightforward to get credit, which is given for the AP exam, not necessarily for the class.

OMG. You've posted before in the same sneaky way. Who cares if someone else's normally tracked kid is taking it or not taking it. Your situation is so completely out of the norm that the advice that people took a lot of time to offer here might not be good advice for you. Can you please stop posting or just identify your situation more clearly. It's like you are waiting to brag about your child but hesitant and then you fake reluctantly reveal the situation after everyone is confused.

Their very first post mentioned that they were accelerating, and they used the word "school" instead of college. On their own it's reasonable to be confused, but both together was more than enough for me to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

Colleges are not going to provide credit for a high school, non-college level course; that is just wasting your money.

The same can be said about AP Physics 1 & 2.

You may get some college credit but not for majors that require higher math. It might be worth it for a humanities kid applying to a lower tier college.

Not sure $100 is that huge a waste of money.

Or AP Human Geography.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take it. He is taking precalculus through dual enrollment and it’s more likely the school will accept the credit (and acceleration) if he passes the AP exam.

I don’t care much about the $100 or sticking it to the man at College Board.

Isn't dual enrollment through the community college? If so, what does passing the AP exam have to do with a future college accepting the community college credits?

He is taking precalculus before 9th grade, and I’m not sure if the high school he’ll go to will accept the class, which is why I think the AP will help. The main reason is to check that he really mastered the material or if he needs to retake the following year. If he gets a 5 he’ll go onto calculus, if not repeat.

Many students that do DE or IB take the AP exam as well, because it’s more straightforward to get credit, which is given for the AP exam, not necessarily for the class.

OMG. You've posted before in the same sneaky way. Who cares if someone else's normally tracked kid is taking it or not taking it. Your situation is so completely out of the norm that the advice that people took a lot of time to offer here might not be good advice for you. Can you please stop posting or just identify your situation more clearly. It's like you are waiting to brag about your child but hesitant and then you fake reluctantly reveal the situation after everyone is confused.

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Your posts are a bit creepy OP. I've seem the others too and they always start out the same kind of deceptive way until people drag the bragging out of you.

[Anonymous]

Ok got it, you have a huge chip on your shoulder, and your reading comprehension sucks since it was clearly said the AP exam was taken for acceleration. That’s one of the many reasons students take it among others: demonstrating rigor, getting used to the format for later AP exams, required by the school, for credit transfer, all of them mentioned in the thread and some might find this point of view useful (clearly not you, but that matters very little).

Not OP btw. Why are you so bothered by the reasons my child is taking the AP exam? Try to resolve your insecurities away from this thread.