Re: CHAT: University Advice (was Re: A bit of advice)

Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> >
> > I think I should repeat my suggestion about taking AP tests, though:
> > I got out of 40-something hours with it, and many people I know got
> > out of 60 or more (Eric did).  It can turn a 5-year stay as an undergrad
> > into a 3-year one.  Look into the language AP tests in particular:  Eric
> > got out of 22 hours of Spanish, all as As, his freshman year by getting
> > a 5 on the Spanish AP.
> >
> I'll look into it, but I'm not sure how open they are to me hyar in
> Canada.
They're not even all that available in the US.  It really depends on
what high school you go to.  I mean, just about all high schools will
proctor the exams, but mine teaches very few AP courses compared to the
high schools in the surrounding towns.  I'm a senior now, which means I
have to worry about colleges a lot more than Robert ;) and including the
APs I'm taking this year I'll only have 7 exams taken at most.  And this
is the most I could possibly have at my school.  Some of these are even
independent studies.  Tom Wier's macro/microeconomics and others are
simply nonexistent at our school.  The only economics class we have at
all is remedial.

Now that I really have to start applying soon, I'm having this huge
inner battle over whether or not to bother retaking the SATs...is there
really such a thing as taking them *too* much like some people say there
is?

Nicole