All the high school kids: Anyone else AP testing?

Thanks, juicystream. It took an arm and a leg, and possibly my left nut. I'm still looking for it.

 

I went the dual credit route when I was in high school. Economics major waddup

 

Cool story, lil bros.

 

Two weeks for an AP test, pfft... It's like this every week in law school... < Different Phases

 

I didn't know red redemption was in high school. I figured all high school kids these days would be like 713.

Well done good sir! Now go forth and ace your ap tests! (To bad you prolly have to retake most of the classes in college any way)

 

What are you taking? I'm taking 5 but I don't mind as much because most don't require a lot of studying. I also get to miss class so that's always good.

 

Wow you certainly have a full work load. I never took more than one per year lol. Like others mentioned, I thought dual credit was much easier as was KLEPPING courses.

 

AP credits are national and can qualify for out-of-state schools whereas dual credit is a Texas in-state only thing.

If you know what your life plan is, do well on all of them to get as much college credit as you can. Some AP credits may count as credits, others may get you grades (usually the science and math ones). With enough credits done in high school, you can finish college a year early.

Some people may tell you that's a bad idea since college is a fun and learning environment, you'll meet all your life friends there, and you should enjoy it. That's true. But if you're going to do higher education like med school or graduate school, then finish college early. The people in your higher education are going to be your life friends. Plus it already takes long enough to earn your degree that way and you're a year closer.

 

Oh, yeah, also good luck.

 

You can always do CLEP tests once you're in college.

 

What do you plan on doing in college? If you are planning something like engineering or in the NSM field then your advisors would prolly tell you to retake calculus or physics.

As far as economics/literature/government taking them is a good idea. I took them and as a result i saved some cash in college for these courses. It seems like you have a good head on you so i'm sure you should get the scores that you need.

*Also if you do take cal in college you'll find it is a LOT easier and STRESS free then calculus in high-school. Professors are far better at teaching it and are far more organized then the average high school teacher. Google "Paul's math notes" if you need some last minute refreshers.

 

Knock down as many AP classes you can. Especially calculus

It prepares you for college and you'll be thankful for it when you start drinking heavily and learning bad habits.

 

My situation as well. Dual-Credit classes might as well hand you the college credit when you sign up. Ridiculously easy.

Anyway, just took APES and Psych on Monday. Taking Calc AB tomorrow. Lit on Thursday. and European (Prob less than 100 in the state taking it) on Wednesday.

Crossing my fingers on Calc, staying up as we speak to study

 

Calculus was probably the easiest AP test for me. Never did any of the homework nor studied for the AP test and still got a 5. As for eco and government if you don't do well on those just take them in summer through lonestar or ACC. Physics is a pain in highschool and even worse in college.
Also if you don't mind me asking what do you plan on majoring in?

 

Fill up your college course load with as many frou-frou classes as you can so you can devote most of your time and energy to the (in most cases) about a dozen or so core classes that employers/grad schools really care about. Bonus points if the frou-frou classes don't have frou-frou sounding names.

So yup, that means don't skip the intro classes even if you do have AP credit. Think of it as an investment in yourself. I also never understood the rush to get into working adult life. Hey you skipped freshman and 1/2 of sophomore years? Now you have 47 instead of 45 years of working adult life. Congratulations!

Oh, and when signing up for classes, always try to go for professors who have published study aids. And just read the study aids. Profs don't dick around with their own revenue stream by making their own study aids irrelevant/worthless (though their competing profs might and likely would, lol).

 

Some folks are just lazy or don't care enough or lack the foresight.

Hell no. I don't think I have more than a handful of classmates that are as bad as 713. Most of the kids at his level of intelligence at least have some sort of social grace or street smarts (not that I'm one to talk about the latter two).