<p>The discussion about AP courses has been held before on PF. There are AP’s and there are AP’s. I’m not talking about the class title, corresponding to the standardized exam in May. I’m talking about the differences among school policies/practices. At some schools, strictly the course itself as taught, corresponding to the exam requirements provided by collegeboard. At other schools (I know my d’s is not the only one) much more than that is required for the <em>grade</em> in the class (as opposed to the exam score) by the individual AP teachers. Five minutes would never do it for such grades, no matter how efficient the mind. Sorry for the breathtakingly accurate clarification.</p>