AP Benefits

Benefits of Taking Advanced Placement Courses

• Helps prepare you for college by experiencing a college-level exam evaluated by college and university professors and AP teachers using college-level standars while in high school
• Boost your chances for college admissions and credit with YOU controlling which schools receive your exam grade(s)
• Research shows that AP students have a higher retention rate in college completion
• Most colleges grant credit or upper-level course placement, or both, for qualifying AP exam grades
  • Qualifying grades on an AP exam are 3, 4 or 5