Need help with CC terminology!

jmmom
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:56:29 +0000

1) Can’t answer
2) SAT II’s are subject tests (eg, English, Chem…) Yes, most top tier schools require some; you can obtain details on each school’s admissions website
3) At our hs (public), kids could take “regular” (College Prep) classes or Honors classes. Honors required a certain level of achievement in prior classes or teacher permission. Most who took Honors in one subject took that in all or almost all. Our HS offered a few AP classes. Students who qualified could take AP for one or more of their courses (completely optional and typically not until Junior year). So it was common to have mostly Honors Classes and 4-6 or so AP classes. Other HS’s offer a lot more AP’s and allow them to be taken earlier. But no one can take all of their classes AP. In our hs, the GPA was weighted to recognize Honors and AP coursework.