Advanced Placement Program by College Board

The Advanced Placement (AP) program is a challenging academic program designed to provide motivated high school students with college-level academic courses. The AP program is a cooperative educational endeavor between high schools and colleges/universities. It is considered a standard for academic excellence in the United States. AP provides a challenging educational program that prepares students for post-secondary opportunities. Teachers develop curriculum based on established course requirements and AP standards that must be approved by the College Board as part of the AP Course Audit process.

AP courses are offered in the disciplines of the arts, English, history and social science, math and computer science, the sciences, and world languages and culture. You should choose an AP course based on the subjects you’re passionate about and the classes you do well in. You don’t need to be top of your class to be an AP student, but you’ll want to be prepared for the AP course you choose. Research shows that students who take an AP course and sit for the corresponding exam are more likely to attend college and graduate on time than students who do not take AP.