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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]AP tests are different from subject tests. For the OP, some schools require subject testts so you have to look at the schools your child is interested in. A state flagship rarely requires subject tests.[/quote][/b]

This is correct.  The AP ones are the ones scored 1-5. Many colleges will give you college credit for 3, 4, 5.  Subject matter tests are different and are increasingly being required by the most elite schools.  The problem is that colleges are frustrated with the quality of AP teaching at the high school level.  Johnnie applies, saying he has taken 11 AP courses.  How can the college tell what that really means?  Answer: subject matter tests.  My kiddo has to take two in the fall for his stretch school.

PP, what school requires three subject matter tests?[/quote]

Since, to my knowledge, there is nowhere in America where Johnnie can take 11 AP courses in one year, about half or more of those courses will have been completed before he applies to College X. The college can tell what that really means because Johnnie will have taken 6+ AP exams and scored 1-5 on them.[/quote]

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