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It always felt like you were robbing yourself of really interesting college courses if you skipped them due to AP. I always saw AP as more of a gateway to coll
by redwood 14y ago
It always felt like you were robbing yourself of really interesting college courses if you skipped them due to AP.
I always saw AP as more of a gateway to college due to the prestige/GPA-boost they gave your application, rather than a real way of getting significant college credit.
- Steko 14y agoMore important than the GPA, prestige or credits is the ability to get ahead of the curve because of prerequisites. In math many classes are closed to you without a year of multivariable and pretty much everything interesting is closed until you've taken first year calc. The same is going to be true to varying degrees for biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, psychology, econ, etc.
- caw 14y agoActually, it's the reverse. If you score well on AP and then elect to take the class, you'll probably get a high grade. However, if you take the class and realize you're in over your head, you damaged your GPA. AP credits didn't count at my school for your final GPA, so fewer classes meant each class counted more. I skipped almost 30 hours of credit with AP. It still took me 5 years to graduate after switching my major 2nd year. If I had to re-take those classes I skipped, I would be 1) bored, and 2) loaded with busy work instead of being able to take classes I wanted. I have friends that had to take Calc 1, whereas I went right to calc 2. Can't say I would have wanted to take it again.