AP Policy at your school?

MD_Mom_1
Thu, 12 May 2011 16:37:02 +0000

Local public schools: students can take as many as they can fit, but they don’t take any freshman year and usually 1 or 2 sophomore year. Junior and senior year they can cram them in. Students do not have to take the test, but pay the fee for the tests they take.

DD’s private school: None freshman year, one sophomore year with recommendation. Not more than three unless special permission is given in junior and senior year, again recommendations are required. All students are required to take and pay for AP tests.

DS’s private school: Essentially the same as daughter’s private school, but Human Geography is offered freshman year.

The percent of students passing the tests is quite a lot higher in the private schools.