Schools Can AP exams substitute a year of university?

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AP exams may not fully substitute for university courses, but they can help students earn credits and prepare for higher-level material. The discussion highlights the possibility of taking AP exams, particularly in calculus, to potentially bypass introductory university courses. Additionally, community college courses are mentioned as an alternative for earning university credits before high school graduation, with the need to verify which universities accept these credits. Participants emphasize the importance of addressing work ethic and attendance issues to succeed in future academic endeavors. Overall, the conversation focuses on strategies for advancing education despite setbacks in high school.
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Is it out of the question to go to summer school? Alot of my advanced peers are failing AP english and are going to summer school to make that up. One guy who is an extremely good athlete is going to summer school for 5/7 classes, but its probably just because they need him for the football team.
 
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I see, good point mathwonk, I guess it is better to not skip courses. Also, your mathematician thread is really good. I'll definitely remember it for future reference.

@tycon69: Well, summer school is an option for only 1-2 courses here in Canada, and even then it is penalized on your transcript similar to or worse than a repeated course as far as I know.

Thank you everyone for the good responses!
 

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