Question

Serious College level talk

Answer 1

I am planning to take engineering in college. I also want to have some AP credits before I get there. Any suggestions on which AP courses I should take at high school

Answer 2

math,science APs: AP Calc, Physics and Chem.

Answer 3

if you any already electronic classes at your h.s take them too

Answer 4

mine for example, has digital logic, which i take.

Answer 5

I recall my first semester included; General Chemistry 1, Calculus 1, C++ Programming, Engineering Graphics, technical communications.
I would recommend as many science and math courses you are able to take. Makes the first year of college much easier. If your school offers a programming class, I would take that. I didn't take any AP tests in high school, but did take 4 years of Math, 4 years of science, and a year of fortran and basic programming.

Answer 6

Oh so do you prefer that I take English 11 AP and English 12 AP ?
"The general chemistry" << is it chemistry AP in high school ?

Answer 7

Do you remember any Biology subject ?? Like Biology AP maybe

Answer 8

For the engineering degree i did, mechanical, we were not required to take any biology, I did take that in 9th grade though.

Answer 9

I'm not sure what the AP test for chemistry would transfer as in credits. Maybe general chem 1, depends on the school i guess.

Answer 10

Not sure, i never took the AP tests. We were required 4 years of English though. As far as english classes went in school, it was just that technical writing class i did.

Answer 11

Hmm..
So you do not suggest any specific classes ?

Answer 12

I think the most beneficial thing, was taking calc 1 in senior year, pretty much knew the whole first semester and part of second semester calc from that class

Answer 13

So no english or history class ?

Answer 14

well, we were required in high school to take 3 yrs of social science, world history, US history, government.... and 4 years of english

Answer 15

It was a college prep type school though

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Answer 17

I would talk to the school(s) you are interested in and see what they are looking for specifically .

Answer 18

Hmm.. I'm looking for more specific guidance on what AP course I should take

Answer 19

I tried that but no college has a specific AP course list for engineering

Answer 20

for engineering, for sure if you are able and want to, take AP math, chem physics., it for sure cant hurt you

Answer 21

okay thnx

Answer 22

play around with a computer programming language, and a design program, if not in a class, for fun. Just to get used to the logic and interface. just my 2 cents worth

Answer 23

lol yes i'll try

Answer 24

Edx has a few computer science programming classes, one of which you can learn linear algebra alongside. If you are like me, I hate English, and I wished I got that out of the way in high school. Ap Chem, Physics, Calc are really important. Even if you don't do well on the Ap tests diving into the material will let you get a head start. Also don't jump right into calculus and neglect your algebra and trig skills. Most of calculus is algebra.

Answer 25

@MaimiGirl

To find a list of AP courses, look at the College Board's website for Advanced Placement Courses at this link:

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse

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Want to know the AP credit policy of a particular college or university?

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AP Credit Policy Search link here:

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/creditandplacement/search-credit-policies

Answer 26

@lonnie455rich
is ap chem given credit in colleges? And yeah I hate english. Calculus is the thing that I think i might consider

Answer 27

@Directrix
Thank you so much!!! That is exactly what I was looking for!!!
Only one thing, for engineering will they consider CHEM and MATH and PHYS ?

Answer 28

@MaimiGirl

I don't know the answer to that but I think credit or requirement for those courses would depend upon the university and the precise degree sought.

Over on the M.I.T. site, you can see that:

MIT grants credit for a score of 5 on some College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams (or 4 on the Calculus BC exam).

No credit is given for the College Board AP Chemistry exam.

For a score of 5 on both Physics C exams, ...

Look at the website of the Uni you are thinking of attending. I suspect that AP policy varies depending upon the school.

http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2018/subjects/incomingcredit/ap.html

Answer 29

all right.
I'll check with specific colleges on that. Also do all AP courses count toward any field.
If one wants to do engineering or medical, do ALL AP courses help in both ?
For example if I take AP history will it count towards engineering ?