March 13, 201313 yr Question about Advanced Placement classes. Hoping some of our high school teachers, college professors, and parents with kids in college can help. Let's say you have taken about 5 AP classes, and getting ready to take the AP exams. You have already declared your major and registered for classes at you college. You learn that certain AP courses you are currently taking will not count for your chosen major. Do you go ahead and pay the $89 per AP exam to get that college credit that you earned? Or do you take only the AP exams that will count toward your degree?
March 13, 201313 yr Question about Advanced Placement classes. Hoping some of our high school teachers, college professors, and parents with kids in college can help. Let's say you have taken about 5 AP classes, and getting ready to take the AP exams. You have already declared your major and registered for classes at you college. You learn that certain AP courses you are currently taking will not count for your chosen major. Do you go ahead and pay the $89 per AP exam to get that college credit that you earned? Or do you take only the AP exams that will count toward your degree? I'd say it depends on this: if they don't count toward your major at all, then I'd ask whether they at least count as credits toward a degree. If the university will at least count them as credits, then it could be worth it, because you'll never find $89 credits ANYWHERE after this.
March 13, 201313 yr If your college will give you credits take them. Also, make sure you know what test score is required for a credit. I know when I took the AP exams colleges had different score requirements.
March 13, 201313 yr Author If the university will at least count them as credits, then it could be worth it, because you'll never find $89 credits ANYWHERE after this. THIS! This is my logic on it also. Plus--you have already put the work in for the course. Now to convince my senior......
March 13, 201313 yr I would say take them, they would be able to enroll in college with 15 credit hours. Having those extra credits can be beneficial in the long run, like if they need X amount of credits to graduate or whatever.
March 13, 201313 yr THIS! This is my logic on it also. Plus--you have already put the work in for the course. Now to convince my senior...... Ask him where he goes to school. Then Compare $89 to a three credit hour course there.
March 13, 201313 yr A 3 credit hour course at UofL for in state students is $1,137... And rising, BTW.
March 13, 201313 yr Author A 3 credit hour course at UofL for in state students is $1,137... I hear ya! AP Gov does not count toward major. Also can't use as an elective because needs to take a certain number of credits each year to be considered a full time student through senior year.
March 13, 201313 yr I agree with the above, if the college will give you the credit, then take them. I also encourage those that have kids that are going to be Juniors or Seniors this Fall to take college dual enrollment classes if offered at your high school. My son is graduating this year and between AP classes and college dual enrollment will have 15-18 hours before he sets foot on the college campus. Plus, it gets them ready for college classes if nothing else.
March 13, 201313 yr all depends on what classes the AP credits are going to cover. I got screwed by AP classes because it put me in a higher level math class to start college and it would have been better to take the next one below it to start.
March 13, 201313 yr ^You aren't forced to take the higher level classes. You could always just retake the courses that you felt would benefit you. I would definitely take them. I took 3 and went into college with 15 hours of credit already, none of which were towards my major.
March 13, 201313 yr Author My thought is this----even if you can't use the credits for your major or even for an elective, why not have 3 additional credits on your college transcript? (Already has or in the process of taking 15 credits that will count toward major.)
March 13, 201313 yr My thought is this----even if you can't use the credits for your major or even for an elective, why not have 3 additional credits on your college transcript? Exactly. Depending on your major, such as accounting, there are certain total credit hour requirements (150 hours) if you plan on sitting for the CPA exam or other professional licenses.
March 13, 201313 yr Here's another consideration. When my son started at Vandy back in the day, he got 9 or 12 hours credit for AP classes. It made it MUCH easier for him to graduate in four years.
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