AP Classes, Think Before You Act

Advance Placement classes have lots of benefits: the potential to earn college credit; a chance to delve deeply into a subject you enjoy; a transcript enhancer and a plus to any college application. Too much of a good thing, however can often be self defeating and unnecessary. Before signing up for every AP class known to mankind, realize that some colleges impose limits on the amount of AP credits they will accept. Some colleges require AP test scores of 4 or 5 to receive credit while other colleges will not accept certain AP credits even if you achieve the highest score of 5. If you are entering your high school senior year, take the time this summer to learn the AP credit policy for each school you will be applying to. There is no point accumulating 30 AP credits and then applying to schools which will only accept 15.