Or just take it if you like math. This was the advice my precalc teacher gave me. This is directed to orrtam. For some reason, when I try to reply, it submits as a comment instead. If you want, we can start an email chain in which I tell you my ideas for classes and you give me advice?
Lmk if you want to do this and I can give you my email. Thanks William! This website has been a very helpful guide for me trying to decide my high school APs.
To those choosing your APs, I wish you every success in your chosen classes. So thank you so much to you all for making this comments section such a welcoming little corner of the Internet. Therefore, do you think this will be a burden and what would be your advice for me? Hey Ahmed! Good luck! I would definitely recommend taking bio and chem. Also if possible, I would recommend not taking ap chem and ap bio in the same year.
The work load will be extremely tough, and it will be hard to remember which is which. No matter what you choose, remember to not stress your self out, especially in these difficult times.
Good luck!! Hi there! Anyone have any suggestions? If you are already self studying APs this year, I definitely think you can do it next year as well depending on the rest of your course load. Psych is interesting, you just need to make sure you have time.
Hope this helps! If I selfstudy java in the summer to prepare better for AP computer science principles, would it be hard? I do know the language changes from school to school. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Exam Memorization Secrets. Inspirational Exam Quotes. Finding The Perfect Study Routine. Motivation To Study : 29 Strategies. Pomodoro Method : 9-Step Guide. Best Books About Studying. Are you a…? Parent Student Educator.
Unsubcribe anytime. Higher grades, less sweat. Are You A…? Your privacy protected. No spam. Unsubscribe any time. Anonymous on 12 May at am. Of course, others have pointed out that it's really only prestigious high schools that can afford to drop AP classes since, for many schools, AP coursework is the primary marker of academic rigor on student college applications.
In that sense, it's unlikely that there will be a mass exodus away from the AP program anytime soon. Only fancy schools can drop their AP courses for other advanced coursework.
There are, in general, two major movements within the AP program to address some of these concerns: revising courses and introducing new courses. A huge number of AP Courses have been recently revised or are in the process of revision. Of course, each course is different, but there have been some general themes to the changes.
One major aim is to reduce the content scope of many of the courses so that students can get more mastery over a narrower span of subject matter. Another major change is to focus more on critical thinking and analysis skills--an example of this change is the focus on analyzing sources on the revised history exams.
The hope is that by teaching more skills and less content for rote memorization, students will gain more concrete academic competencies from AP courses that they can carry forward into college. The most notable addition, however, is the AP Capstone program, which is designed to compete with IB. AP Seminar and AP Research are designed to much more closely mimic the feel of a small college seminar class, with an interdisciplinary focus and lots of extended individual inquiry.
The AP Capstone program aims both to better prepare students for college coursework and to bring more cohesion to the AP program in general. The AP Program started as a pilot program in the 50s, amid concerns that students in high school were not being adequately prepared for advanced coursework and college and graduate education.
From its small beginnings, the AP Program has become a giant, with over 2 million students taking AP exams in However, the program isn't without its critics. There are concerns that the program perpetuates education inequity, that it has expanded too rapidly to prepare schools or students for the coursework, and that the coursework is not college-level. Some elite high schools have even dropped their AP programs. In response to some of these issues, the College Board is in the midst of an extensive revision process that has narrowed the content scope of many courses and placed an increased focus on academic skills and critical thinking.
In spite of its issues, it doesn't seem like the AP program is going anywhere anytime soon. It continues to be one of the primary markers of rigor on a student's high school transcript. But it will be interesting to see what the future holds! Wondering about the new AP Capstone program described in this article?
If you're looking for more information about the AP program, see our articles on whether or not the College Board is mismanaging the AP program and five problems with the AP program. Curious about the IB program, too? See our introduction to the IB program. One of the single most important parts of your college application is what classes you choose to take in high school in conjunction with how well you do in those classes.
Our team of PrepScholar admissions experts have compiled their knowledge into this single guide to planning out your high school course schedule.
Ellen has extensive education mentorship experience and is deeply committed to helping students succeed in all areas of life. Our new student and parent forum, at ExpertHub. The study urged high schools and colleges to view themselves as "two halves of a common enterprise" and recommended that "secondary schools recruit imaginative teachers, that they encourage high school seniors to engage in independent study and college-level work, and that achievement exams be used to allow students to enter college with advanced standing" namely, some completed scholarship.
Sound familiar? In the second study, the Committee on Admission with Advanced Standing worked to develop college-level curricula that students could jump into during their final year or years in high school. Their challenge lay in creating high school courses and accompanying assessment tests that colleges would deem rigorous enough to be worthy of credit toward a degree.
Both studies made one thing very clear: high schools and colleges needed to work together in order to avoid coursework repetition and to provide motivated students with a challenging curriculum that will allow them to transition easily to college. In , a pilot program consisting of advanced courses in 11 subject areas was launched.
And in the school year, the College Board a "mission-driven not-for-profit organization" founded in took over the program's administration, renaming it the College Board Advanced Placement Program. That first year, high schools and colleges participated in the College Board's AP program, with students taking exams across the 11 disciplines. In the following decades, the College Board worked to expand its program. In the s, they focused on training high school teachers in the new curricula.
And in the s and s, the College Board worked to get more minority and low-income students in AP classes. Their efforts must have worked, because more and more students across all income levels took AP classes every year. By the school year, 18, high schools and colleges participated in the AP program.
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