The high school sophomore was interested in computers, art and music. For his junior year, he told his counselor he wanted to take U.S. history, honors English, honors chemistry, computer math ...

Hazelwood East High School teacher Marc Ostrowski talks to his Advanced Placement government class on Friday, May 17, 2013. The students pictured are Sydney Gardner (left), DeVaughn Jones (center ...

As of 2021, 77% of rural high school students had access to AP courses at their school, according to the College Board, who administers the program. That number is up from 73% in 2015.

Since 2006, enrollment in advanced math and science courses is up 75%. Like many high school students, Leslie Ota loaded up her course list with Advanced Placement (AP) classes. While studying at ...

AP courses are not, in fact, remotely equivalent to the college-level courses they are said to approximate. Before teaching in a high school, I taught for almost 25 years at the college level, and ...

Since AP courses hold high school students to a college-level standard, earning a high grade in an AP class and passing the AP exam shows admissions officers that you can succeed at the college level.