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Helpful Hints: AP’s and SAT Subject Tests
- Posted by Sarah Ziegler on April 11th, 2008 in Academics
If I’m enrolled in an AP course, can I just take the SAT Subject test in that course?
While an AP course is certainly rigorous, students should be aware that being prepared for one test doesn’t necessarily translate to being prepared for the other. In US History, for example, the AP test is more focused on reading, analysis, and writing, whereas the SAT Subject test is more focused on specific dates and facts. Be sure to allocate time to study for them separately.
Aren’t AP scores are more important for admissions than SAT Subject test scores?
Depending on the college, AP tests may not even be an official consideration in your overall acceptance. Having AP scores doesn’t exclude a student from having to satisfy a college’s specific testing requirements. At the UC’s, for example, students must take two SAT Subject tests regardless of the numbers and scores of their AP tests.
What if I score poorly on my AP test. Will colleges see those scores?
AP score reports are separate from a student’s SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject test reports, so while students will need to send their SAT scores, they do not have to send official AP score reports until after they have decided to attend a particular college.
Helpful Hints:Tough Questions about Course Selection
- Posted by Sarah Ziegler on February 12th, 2008 in Academics
How many Honors or AP courses should I take?
College expectations and averages vary wildly, and just as no two individual students are the same, no two individual students should necessarily take the same course load. Take the most rigorous courses you can while maintaining your GPA.
Can I take an AP class and just not take the test?
Some high schools do require that students take the corresponding AP exam if they are enrolled in the AP course. Regardless of the policy, it’s almost always in a student’s best interest to take an AP exam if they’ve taken the course. Admissions officers have said that even students who earn a 1 or 2 on an AP exam are often better prepared for college-level work than students who either didn’t take the exam, or who didn’t take the AP class in the first place.
Do I really need to have a full schedule senior year?
Yes. Admissions officers want to see that your academics have been getting more and more rigorous as you approach college, not the opposite.
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