If your student wants to double major, it can be tough fitting all of those required major classes in with the core requirement. In comes AP credit. Thanks to my AP scores, I was able to skip 5 required classes! This allowed me to be able to pick up pick up a double major as well as a minor. AP credit can also give students more room in their schedules that will allow them to be able to study abroad or simply spend a little more time exploring before committing to any particular field of study.
Seriously, this can add up to a big advantage! That is how the tests scores are most frequently beneficial. Many schools use a high AP test score usually a 4 or 5 as a placement tool.
Whether your AP test scores matter to some extent hinges on how your high school treats your results. Many high schools require taking the AP test in order to pass the course. While colleges do not require you to report your results, some high schools include the standardized AP test scores on transcripts. Some high school teachers even recommend that you plan to skip the test if you are likely to score below the passing score of a 3. If your AP test scores will end up on your school record, they matter!
High aspirations for college need to be matched with high AP results. Top universities love to see that students not only pushed themselves by taking AP courses, but excelled. Taking AP courses is a way to show that you seek a challenge! AP courses are designed to require more reading, more homework, and more focus than traditional courses.
Colleges notice when you maximize your educational opportunities. When you challenge yourself and load up on APs, colleges want to see that you rose to the challenge.
You need to do well in these advanced class and on the standardized tests. When I committed to Reed College as a high school senior, I noted that AP scores could earn me a unit of credit towards the 30 I needed to graduate, but could not be used to satisfy any prerequisite requirements.
I decided to forego the AP exams because they would not practically enable me to take fewer or different courses as a student at Reed. Exception: If you plan to reapply to schools next fall as a transfer student, you may want to have good AP scores as a part of your updated application. That said, the results of these two rounds of AP exams will be available to colleges at the time they make their admissions decisions if you make them available , and earning good scores could provide you with an additional positive on your application.
If you expect that you will earn a score of 3 or higher on any given AP exam, I would recommend taking that exam. While AP scores sometimes play a role in the admissions process , students have control over that role: students have the right to self-report only the AP scores they would like colleges to see.
This means you can choose to report only the results that would earn you college credit i.
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