Originally Posted by Brandon Holley (Post 970245)

For some people using the AP credit in college may be the right move, however I personally am extremely grateful I chose not to. It gave me a chance to get used to a college schedule while learning material I was already familiar with. It allowed me to really get acclimated to the atmosphere of college classes. Many students I knew struggled with the first few classes and I would guess only about 40-50% of the students that started as engineers in my class freshman year graduated with me.

Like I said it may not be right for everyone, but its something to consider once your heading towards college.

EDIT: For clarity, I am referring to classes that are in your direct curriculum. So for engineers, calculus, physics, chemistry etc.

-Brando

Originally Posted by Phyrxes (Post 1047316)

Given we are going to a "late" FRC regional this year and we have some students going to the VRC championships the following week, we negotiated with our principal that we would only go to Championships if we managed to win our Regional.

Otherwise our April would look like:
Week #1: Regional
Week #2: VRC Championship
Week #3: Spring Break
Week #4: FRC Championship

Our principal wasn't really happy about the missed class time prospects

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

I understand your point, but can you afford to pay (in both money and time) to take a class when you have already received credit for it?