I took 7 tests, 6 full year courses.
Junior year: US History, Chemistry
Senior: Comp Sci A (joke), English Lit, Calc AB, Macroeconomics/Microeconomics (1/2 year each)
Got a 5 on US, a 4 on Chem. Waiting on the others, but almost sure of two 5's on the Econ tests, and fairly sure of a 5 on Comp Sci.
Oh yeah, and out of all this, I will only get credit for a general arts and letters course, and probably for Calc I (nearly 100% sure I got at least a 4 on Calc AB). Comp Sci is nothing, Econ gets me nothing that my 5 in US History already has, and English Lit will only allow me to take an honors version of the Freshman writing seminar, not get my English requirment out of the way. A 5 in Chem would have given me credit for the Engineering Chemistry requirment, but a 4 only gives me credit for a lower level Chem course which doesn't fullfill the Engineering requirment. Sucks.
Junior year: US History, Chemistry
Senior: Comp Sci A (joke), English Lit, Calc AB, Macroeconomics/Microeconomics (1/2 year each)
Got a 5 on US, a 4 on Chem. Waiting on the others, but almost sure of two 5's on the Econ tests, and fairly sure of a 5 on Comp Sci.
Oh yeah, and out of all this, I will only get credit for a general arts and letters course, and probably for Calc I (nearly 100% sure I got at least a 4 on Calc AB). Comp Sci is nothing, Econ gets me nothing that my 5 in US History already has, and English Lit will only allow me to take an honors version of the Freshman writing seminar, not get my English requirment out of the way. A 5 in Chem would have given me credit for the Engineering Chemistry requirment, but a 4 only gives me credit for a lower level Chem course which doesn't fullfill the Engineering requirment. Sucks.
mine haven't helped me much either. in high school they make them out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread....
BeauJangles
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6. Just started taking them in junior year. Completely worthless for college, but the classes themselves were certainly more interesting and the classmates usually a little less grating. AP physics was by far my favorite.
I ook 1 or 2 I forgot
i think it was ab comp sci and ap calc... though i dropped calc so I guess ONE.
i think it was ab comp sci and ap calc... though i dropped calc so I guess ONE.
Originally posted by: GiLtY
For those who took more than 10 AP classes:
What college did you go to?
Just wondering
--GiLtY
A more informative question would be which colleges did you get into and which did you get rejected from. I went to UNC.
That was the beauty of my county, Miami-Dade. While mostly our county is among the worst in the country, there are a few good schools and programs. The one "diamond in the rough" of the county was that they paid for any AP tests when you took the class.
I took AP Physics in 9th grade, and got a 5. Gotta love those ghetto schools. Let you take AP's whenever you want
Geez, whats up with taking all these AP classes? they're pretty much worthless imo
I took AP Econ, AP Physics C, AP Lit, and AP Composition. And I still got in those "elite" schools.
I took AP Econ, AP Physics C, AP Lit, and AP Composition. And I still got in those "elite" schools.
ultimatebob
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- Jul 1, 2001
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bingo. you took a few and got into elite schools. i took many (made good grades), and got rejected from elite schools. advice: don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I took 9 AP classes:
4 Jr. year and 5 Sr. year.
'Course I'm such a big nerd I took 12 double semester credit tests
I also took 6 IB tests (4 higher level). For those that don't know about those, they're even harder than the AP tests. I figure, if you know your stuff, why not just take the test on the off-chance that you do well? (Got one 4 and the rest 5's)
Of course some people in this thread raised the point that even if you take that many, they might not be useful to you. That is sort of true... since I'm an engineer only the math and science count toward my degree, and the histories, englishes, and foreign languages can only be used for so much. I still would take the same classes over again. I've never regretted taking a harder course, because you can learn so much more than in regular courses. That is the point of school right, to learn?
I will admit though, the IB exams were probably a waste of time and effort.
4 Jr. year and 5 Sr. year.
'Course I'm such a big nerd I took 12 double semester credit tests
I also took 6 IB tests (4 higher level). For those that don't know about those, they're even harder than the AP tests. I figure, if you know your stuff, why not just take the test on the off-chance that you do well? (Got one 4 and the rest 5's)
Of course some people in this thread raised the point that even if you take that many, they might not be useful to you. That is sort of true... since I'm an engineer only the math and science count toward my degree, and the histories, englishes, and foreign languages can only be used for so much. I still would take the same classes over again. I've never regretted taking a harder course, because you can learn so much more than in regular courses. That is the point of school right, to learn?
I will admit though, the IB exams were probably a waste of time and effort.
Ryan
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Screw AP, I had 33 Community College Credits by the time I graduated HS (my high school and CC paired up together and offered Dual Enrolled classes, where I took the class at school, and recieved credit for both institutions). AP classes are for whimps!!!!
I did take AP biology, but didn't take the AP test because I had already earned my Biology credit for the community college.
I did take AP biology, but didn't take the AP test because I had already earned my Biology credit for the community college.
I was floored when my little bro told me he's going in to his freshman year of college with 41 credits!
he took a few AP courses and a bunch of college courses offered in high school.
he took a few AP courses and a bunch of college courses offered in high school.
I had two, which is exactly half the number that my school offered. Took English Lit and Calc, both of which I got 5's on this year (still trying to figure out where that Calc score came from, they must have weighted it pretty heavily this year).
I took 14 AP tests. (1 sophomore, 5 junior, 8 senior) Passed all except AP Spanish, got a good amount of 4's and 5's too
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