Minimum age for testing and enrollment

[knucyt]

I am certain that some four-year universitites that these kids applied to refused to give credit for AP classes (I would not have made the comment if it was not the case - as stated it is anecdotal, not based on a national survey)- There are 4 yr universities (versus 2 yr colleges) saying that the AP exams are too watered down at this point - I did not ask my friends what their kids scored on the AP exams and so I guess it is possible they refused for that reason alone, but that is not how they presented it. Not all universities accept all AP/CLEP/DANTES - some will only accept certain ones. Some say you have to score a 5 on an AP in order to get credit - when a large portion of AP takers get less than 3 - approx. only 15% score a 3 or higher. However, I also checked with another friend of mine today whose kid is a Junior in HS - my friend is also a Professor at Galludet in DC and has been hearing this from other educators and students.

Ultimately, before kids go thru the workload/stress of studying for and taking AP exams (they could be doing something else instead), they should check with several universities of their choice and see if they will be accepted and if so at what score. In the same way there are some universities that will not publish equivalencies for CLEP/DANTES, saying that it depends on the score and that they evaluate it on a case by case basis...it's all about money for HS, universities, and the whole industry that pushes APs.