Advanced Placement (idea)

The Advanced Placement standardized tests are enormous exams written, administered, and scored by the College Board, a curious and distant entity which wields quite a lot of power. The AP tests are usually given in the United States. In other countries the International Baccalaureate is used. In American high schools, many classes, especially for seniors, have "AP" prepended to the name, to indicate that this class will simply consist of studying for the AP test at the end of the year. Wih luck, you will score a 3 or above, which in most schools will give you class credit, permitting more time to sleep in and goof off... AHEM... diverge into subjects which interest you more.

AP Courses:

• AP Art History
• AP Biology
• AP Calculus
• AP Chemistry / AP Chem
• AP Computer Science
• AP Economics
• AP English
  • AP Language
  • AP Literature
• AP Environmental Science
• AP European History
• AP French
• AP German
• AP Government and Politics
• AP Human Geography
• AP Latin
• AP Music Theory
• AP Physics
• AP Psychology
• AP Spanish Language
• AP Spanish Literature
• AP Statistics / statistics AP course
• AP Studio Art
• AP U.S. History / AP US History
• AP World History

AP Stories and advice:

• The TI-89 Calculator That Froze During the AP Calculus Exam
• Why does taking a programming class in a language you already know suck so much?
• a little thought for college kids

Related nodes/nodeshells:

• AP exams
• High school kids whose lives revolve around college admissions