AP Exam Registration

Message from Ms. Coghlan:

If you are planning on taking an AP TEST in the spring, please stop by the main office to pick up a registration form from Dawn.   The cost for each test is $89. If you change your mind and do not choose to take the test, you will still be charged a $15 fee.  All registrations and fees must be turned into Dawn Fitzgerald in the main office by Thursday, March 13  If you have any questions about the AP TEST please see Mrs. Coghlan.

Should I take the AP Exam?

Do you know exactly where you're going to school next year?  Then check the list below, get on your institution's website, or call up your admissions counselor and ask them!  You will automatically, FOR FREE get DMACC Lit 101 Introduction to Literature credit (3 of them) just for successfully completing this semester of AP Lit.  Ask your institution if they will transfer those credits AS LITERATURE CREDIT.  If yes, don't pay $89 to take the AP exam.  Take your free credit and run.  If they say it'll transfer as ELECTIVE credit but you'll still have to take a required lit class at that college, ask what you would have to earn on the AP exam to exempt you from that course.  The $89 is definitely worth an entire semester course of college.  (It's also cheaper than even one credit at any institution.)

The Big 4

U of I:  Lang Credit:  Neither DMACC credit OR AP credit will get you out of your required Advanced Rhetoric class, but taking the AP exam and getting a 4 or 5 will earn you 4 elective credits (rather than 3 credits).  Lit Credit:  Scoring a 4 or 5 will fulfill your gen ed Interpretation of LIterature course.  You'll need to talk to the institution about transferring DMACC credit as it appears to depend on what course of study or which college you're applying to.

ISU:  Lang Credit:  DMACC credit takes the place of ENG 150 at Iowa State which is the same thing you get for AP credit.  Lit Credit:  Your DMACC credit takes the place of ENGL 201.  Therefore, DO NOT take the AP exam.

UNI:  Lang Credit:  DMACC credit will transfer but will not get you out of the required 1A course.  However, earning a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam WILL get you out of it.  Lit Credit:  Your DMACC credit will transfer as your required 3B (same as scoring a 3 on the exam).  However, if you DIDN'T take Lang last year (or you didn't score at least a 3), scoring a 4 or 5 will get you out of 3B AND the 1A course.

Simpson:  Lang Credit:  DMACC credit will transfer as elective English credit but will not take the place of the course.  Earning a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam will give you 4 elective English credits (rather than 3).  Lit Credit:  DMACC credit transfers as ENG 110.  Therefore, do NOT take the exam.