Must you take AP exams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids' HS required them to take the test in order to get the GPA weighting so they took all tests.

But why? Dumbest policy ever.

Many require you to take the test to get credit for having taken the class at all. It is a part of the process and helps schools know whether they are teaching the material well too.

It’s not really that dumb. They’re AP classes. Taking the actual AP test at the end shouldn’t be that hard. This thread has provided a multitude of reasons for doing so - to prove content achievement for the high school, college admissions, college placement. High school involves some testing and AP classes especially are meant to be rigorous.

My college didn't give credit for calc and physics AP classes. Why would I have asked my parents to pay for the tests? Content achievement is proven through regular grading.

Content achievement is proved through the AP test score, not the (possibly) inflated regular grade.

This. 100%. I have had each of my kids getting 100% in an AP class and then a 3 in the exam. They were woefully underprepared for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids' HS required them to take the test in order to get the GPA weighting so they took all tests.

But why? Dumbest policy ever.

Many require you to take the test to get credit for having taken the class at all. It is a part of the process and helps schools know whether they are teaching the material well too.

It’s not really that dumb. They’re AP classes. Taking the actual AP test at the end shouldn’t be that hard. This thread has provided a multitude of reasons for doing so - to prove content achievement for the high school, college admissions, college placement. High school involves some testing and AP classes especially are meant to be rigorous.

My college didn't give credit for calc and physics AP classes. Why would I have asked my parents to pay for the tests? Content achievement is proven through regular grading.

Content achievement is proved through the AP test score, not the (possibly) inflated regular grade.

This. 100%. I have had each of my kids getting 100% in an AP class and then a 3 in the exam. They were woefully underprepared for them.

HA! My DD is taking 3 Aps this year and freaking out, she has As in all three of the classes but know that to get 5s you need to rock these....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:has anyone retaken ap and cancelled old result?

You can to that on the College Board website - there are instructions online. Just follow them. We're going to do it with one AP my DS took in 9th grade and got a "3" I know it counts as credit for some colleges (in state) but it's effectively a "C"

comp sci principles? we are thinking of retaking a 4 now that the kid has two extra years of programming---no need to prep, obviously wouldn't do for subjects like apush or sthing where you have to cram for it and then forget it.

AP Gov't.

ooof thats tough-you have to cram for that one, my DD is preparing for it now/ap gov and freaking out even though she has an A in the class.
How is she studying for Ap gov? did they cover any of that in her history from this year?

[Anonymous]

If you don’t even want the college credit for them, why does it matter?

Shouldn’t just taking the class and getting an A be enough for college admissions to show rigorous course study? I’d rather my child not stress out about the AP exams.

[Anonymous]

Mine didn't take any of his senior year. I didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine didn't take any of his senior year. I didn't care.

I'm leaning the same way. They work so hard in 10th and 11th.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you have to take the APs unless you are applying to the UCs and UK schools. However, you will need some strong ECs to show the time spent elsewhere. Most kids from the area privates need to self-study for the APs because it's no longer part of the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you have to take the APs unless you are applying to the UCs and UK schools. However, you will need some strong ECs to show the time spent elsewhere. Most kids from the area privates need to self-study for the APs because it's no longer part of the curriculum.

I think the curriculum overlaps, but is just not beholden to the AP perameters. So there's some self study but not like an entire separate curriculum, if that makes sense.