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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent and college counselor working with students applying to top 20 schools, I advise that taking the AP exam isn't always necessary, especially if your child isn’t interested in earning college credit. The added stress might not be worth it. Colleges primarily value the rigor of the AP course and the weighted GPA it provides. However, achieving an 'A' in the class itself can significantly strengthen their application. And I have plenty of examples of acceptances to prove this.[/quote]

There is zero downside to taking the AP exam. You don’t like the score you can expunge it. [b]If the added stress to take an exam is not worth it, then what are you going to do in college.[/b]

If there’s no score for the AP class it will be noted.[/quote]

so you are saying - even for kids who wants to study psychology in college, it's better to take AP Calc BC exam - lol[/quote]

100% yes. If the kid who wants to study psychology took the AP calculus BC class, they should sit for the AP exam. Otherwise the admission officers will be [b]assuming [/b]the worst, eg no passing score. [b]That’s why a lot of AP classes[/b] require the student to take the exam. You can demonstrate rigor with classes taken, grades and exam scores, preferably all.[/quote]

AO should not assume anything. And from what I can tell AP exams matter very little in admissions. It is only used if you want to get credits.
As far as I can tell mcps doesn't require exams for any AP classes - unless this has changed recently.[/quote]

From what can you tell? Not true, look up the AP wall of 5.[/quote]

The PPP is actually correct.  MCPS does not require the exam to be taken for AP classes.[/quote]

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