How do top colleges view OnRamps vs. AP classes

ucbalumnus
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:14:26 +0000

It also depends on which college courses you take in high school. College calculus 1 + 2 and AP calculus BC would cover similar material, for example. However, college precalculus would cover lower level material, while college multivariable calculus would cover higher level material. Some high school students take college courses because they are already advanced past the level which AP courses cover.

Taking an actual college course at a college while in high school will also let you sample how a college course operates, in terms of needing more self-management in contrast to the much more highly supervised environment of high school. Some college frosh have difficulty with this change all at once when starting college, so it may be helpful to have experienced it on a small scale while in high school.