I go to a competitive international school in China. They recently instituted this new policy saying that if we want to get into Honors and AP classes, we need to pass an entrance exam AND meet minimum grades. Previously, we only needed to meet minimum grades.
Is it normal for some schools to require this, or is my school going cray cray? And if so, should I consider going back to my home country (Canada) to study at a public school? Honestly, my school is both very difficult and not recognized very much by colleges.
I took/plan on taking the following entrance exams:
H English (essay) - failed
H History (essay and comprehension) - passed
AP Bio (multicho and short answers) - passed, but I wasn’t planning on taking it anyways
AP CS - didn’t take yet
H Math - didn’t take yet
Thanks!