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Advanced Placement (AP)
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program, sponsored by the College Board, is a program that enables high school students to earn advanced placement, college credit, or both at nearly 3000 colleges and universities across the country. The AP Program bridges the transition from high school to college by enriching the secondary school experience of students ready to apply themselves to college-level courses. Secondary schools and colleges cooperate in this program to give students the opportunity to show mastery in these courses by taking AP exams in May of each year. In 2002 more than 840,000 students across the country took AP exams. Almost one-third of them were minority students.  Advanced Placement is available to any student. Students wishing to work hard, enjoy thinking, and relish an academic challenge should enroll in AP courses. Students may enroll in the prerequisite courses beginning in 7th grade (PreAP).

The benefits are:
  1. Gives students an advantage on college application. Colleges look for AP courses in a student’s transcript. College admissions officers know that AP success is one of the most reliable indicators of college success.
  2. Saves money on college tuition. Credit on an AP exam can save you as much as $3000 in college tuition and/or count as credit for one or more college courses.
  3. Helps students build good study skills and improve writing skills which are beneficial when going to college.
  4. Gives you the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school.


Why Take Advanced Placement Courses?
  • Earn college credit while still in high school.
  • Saves money on college tuition.
  • Helps to build good study skills.
  • Improve you writing and thinking skills.
  • Gives you an edge on college applications.
  • Better prepare you for college courses.
  • Earn extra rank points toward graduation.
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