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Anyone ever take any of the AP Tests?
TalkingOctopus:
My high school offered a lot of AP courses which I took advantage of.
lokki:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 06, 2005, 12:38:40 pm ---I've taken a few practice tests (actual previously administered LSATs).
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sc1103:
--- Quote from: TalkingOctopus on May 14, 2005, 01:24:02 am ---My high school offered a lot of AP courses which I took advantage of. I did the following tests:
Chemistry
Biology
Environmental Science
Physics C
Calc BC
Computer Science AB
English Language
English Literature
Spanish
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
I got a 5 on every test except English and Spanish where I got 4s.
The tests are HARD and I did study quite a bit for each one. But, they are graded on a curve, so it is not too hard to get a passing grade of 3. However, most "good" colleges will not give you any credit for a 3. I'd recommend taking as many as possible. They are really good preperation for college exams.
The college credit is also nice to have. I came as a freshman (actually a junior) with a rediculous amount of credit. I was able to get my undergrad in 3 years. Alternatively, you can take some lighter 12 credit semesters because of AP credit. To graduate in three years, I still had to take 18 credits a semester. This is because my school treated AP credit as generic credit. So I still had to fulfill all of the engineering general requirements and my degree requirements which were around 100 credits.
More recently I took the GREs. They are like the SATs on steroids. They were about 5 hours long and a pleasant experience. You take them on a computer, which is really nice, especially for the essay section. On the math, you have to get a perfect -- it is easy and everyone in engineering does. The english portion was rather deadly though. The vocabulary is crazy.
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Holy crap! 11 AP tests...and I thought 5 or 6 is gonna be deadly. For spanish though, the genreal consensus is about 6-8 years gets you enough prep work for the 5. As for studying, I also did a ton for these two, shows me next year I gotta start studying even earlier... >:( less time for the cabinet now
CheffoJeffo:
Nothing like a thread about tests you took 20 years ago, coupled with the arrival of invitations to 20th year reunions to make a guy feel old ... time to put on some Nitzer Ebb and play some Lethal Enforcers ...
Good luck to those of you writing.
Cheers.
TalkingOctopus:
--- Quote ---Holy crap! 11 AP tests...and I thought 5 or 6 is gonna be deadly. For spanish though, the genreal consensus is about 6-8 years gets you enough prep work for the 5.
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I started taking AP classes as a sophmore, so that's why I was able to take so many.