School lies to students, and students loose out on credits

[dfrecore]

First, that is completely cheating those students, and people should be fired.

Second, it's normally STUDENTS who pay for the AP exams, the school does not (or can but doesn't have to). I've not known any kids whose schools pay for it; there is waiver if you're low income, but it's not coming out of the school's pockets, it comes from federal and state grants.

Third, just to clarify, an AP COURSE is not college credit, it is high school credit, but can give you a full extra grade point on your GPA calculation (honors is usually 1/2 a point). An AP EXAM is how you get college credit, and should not be used at all to reflect how a student does in a course on their high school grade (and the scores don't even come out until July, long after the school year is over and grades have come out, and seniors have graduated). Not only that, but not all students take the AP exam who take the course, so you can't use it as your final exam for that course.