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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.
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Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college.  DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.[/quote]
Don’t many top colleges have limits on the number of AP credits they will accept?[/quote]

Yes.  And?

If you can get credit or place out of certain classes thanks to AP credits, it makes sense to do that.[/quote]
So it might not help to take 10 AP exams when the college only accepts 2 or 3. [/quote]

If you are in a public school, then AP courses may be the highest level offered in a discipline (humanities, science, etc), although for Math there may be courses offered beyond AP Calculus BC such as, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, etc.  Thus it helps to take many AP Courses even if the college of interest may not give credit for all of them.  It helps you better prepared for rigorous course work at college level.  By appearing for AP exam and scoring high (preferably 5, if not at least 4) you are signaling to the adcoms, by sharing the scores,  that you are a diligent student and prepared to continue to do well once in college.

In the case of private schools, many parents claim that the courses offered are at a higher level than the corresponding AP Courses and students are well prepared past college Freshman course level.  If you believe that, then you don't need to appear for AP exams.  Mere Private School graduation stamp should get you into one or more of HYPSM.  [/quote]

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