Freshman AP Test-takers?

Jenife
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:27:47 +0000

My school is a very large California public (struggling under budget cuts…) & doesn’t “allow” freshmen to take AP classes. My school is divided into small schools & programs so it’s hard to choose AP classes, although there are quite a few compared to most public schools in the area.

When we chose our courses, a counselor helped & didn’t allow us to choose AP classes. But then she allowed people from private schools transferring to the school to choose as many AP classes as they wanted to! There are many very rigorous private schools around here, & some students who transferred chose AP Chemistry.

I went mad the second semester self studying AP Biology (my regular biology class was HECTIC) & got a 5. My school didn’t let me sign up for the test at first, but then I went to the AP Coordinator (an ancient lady) who thought I was a sophomore & let me sign up.