AP World History Exam 2009?

Should I take the AP World History exam?

• I plan on majoring or minoring in history in college, so I want to take as many AP history classes as I can. I took Modern World History this year, and did very well. I've signed up to take AP US history next year, and I wanted to take AP World History as well, but my school does not offer it. The only World History class I can take is just the regular course. World History is my favorite class, so I am willing to put in the extra effort, buy review books, etc. just to pass the AP exam. Is this a good idea? How hard are these exams? What other classes should I take that would look good on my transcript?

• Answer:

  When you consider the cost of an average undergrad class, taking an AP exam is easily a smart financial move. I passed enough AP classes in HS to become a sophomore after just one semester of college because of the extra college credits I had. Some universities are really stingy and won't count them but many are very good about it. Anyway, getting to skip taking western civ (basically a second time since you took the AP Class) in college is great because you can replace it with something a bit more interesting. I was a history major and took all sort os really odd history classes because yes I had a bunch of credits in random things, but still needed to take x number of history credits to graduate. So while my firneds were in western civ 1 and 2 and US History I was taking "The History of Magic, withccraft and religion" and "Air Power in military history." It kicked butt! So yeah to make a long story short - AP rocks.