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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids didn't take one of his AP exams senior year.  He had a B in the class and didn't feel he'd do well and I said sure, skip it.  [/quote]

That makes sense senior year.  [b]If you don't feel you've learned the material,[/b] you wouldn't take the AP credit in college (if needed for your major), you'd retake the course.

But if it's a Gen ed type course, by May you know where you are going, so if they'd take the AP credit take the test and you might get a 4/5 or whatever is needed for credit. 
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Its not just that, classes like AP Physics and AP Chinese Language & Culture are two of the absolute hardest AP exams with low pass rates. You could scrape an A in those classes and still struggle in the exams[/quote]

Well if it's Physics 1 & 2, then it likely doesn't matter.  If you require Physics credit in college most likely you need Physics C Mechanics.  The scores are lower for 1&2 because that's the path kids who can't hack Physics C take.  C is harder and the pass rate is higher, because that's taken by kids who are in Calc AB and Calc BC by senior year.

But if you need a FL requirement in college, I'd still take the Chinese lang and culture just to hope you get high enough score to not have to take anything in college[/quote]

Most kids taking Chinese are taking it as a second FL. Mine is one example, as is most of her Chinese class.[/quote]

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