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[quote=Anonymous]Another reason could be if a kid is taking a subject at a high rigor school that doesn't give out a lot of As, if you get a 5 by self studying and taking an AP in that subject it may mitigate the high school grade- i.e., demonstrates that they are capable of doing college level work in that subject even if their grades don't reflect that.

However, who knows?  It's not a substitute for getting an A.

At the end of the day, my child decided to take a few of them because he's not required to report the scores so he studied but didn't prioritize APs over his coursework and if he does well he will submit otherwise it he won't.  Obviously there is lost time in studying and the few hours of taking the exam (and the cost!) but it seemed to him like there wasn't a lot of risk in at least trying to take the exam.  Also, even if his school doesn't list his courses as APs, they cover roughly 80% of the AP material  (more in some cases like literature) so self studying wasn't as hard as he expected.  I think the trickiest part is figuring out the rubrics and the specifics of AP test taking like the DBQ for APUSH, not the substance.[/quote]

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