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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents should absolutely revolt against this decision. I mean how crazy do things have to get…?[/quote]

Universities are increasingly not allowing AP exams to be used for even general credit. Harvard stopped it completely. Yale allows it on a very limited basis.

It’s definitely still a benefit at large state schools like Michigan.

I think these schools should still let kids sit for AP exams. Not doing so seems short-sighted. A kid who wants to go to Michigan should be able to take the AP Bio exam and test out of Bio195, for example.

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Harvard accepts AP scores (mainly 5, some 4) for placement which is important to many folks.  Yale accepts many AP scores for both placement and credit...again, you need mainly 5s and sometime 4s.  Yale actually seems no different than other top schools in how they treat APs...just their webpage is in a somewhat strange format.

Honestly, most people using APs for an Ivy school are not trying to graduate a semester early...it just allows someone to maybe take only 4 classes instead of 5 in some semesters, or they can take more classes that they want to take vs. having to fulfill intro requirements.[/quote]

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