Impending Significant Change in AP Tests

anon94785555
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:02:42 +0000

AP is not a program like the IB program. Standardization means the same test is used for the same material covered for a given AP course, regardless of where in this country it is taken. The scale is a numbered version of the A,B,C… grading. AP courses can be equivalent to college courses, the average, not the elite colleges (ie, not the typical colleges CC posters ask about). Admissions committees notice whether or not a student takes advantage of the “most rigorous” curriculim available to them. Across the country (ie not the elite northeast HS’s) many students will have limited AP courses available to them. Those who are used to an “AP culture” have to realize not all areas are like theirs.