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Originally posted by adpiucf
The best reason for AP: getting intro level college courses out of the way AND getting college credit that you don't have to pay $100s of dollars for.
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Some of the schools around here are grumbling about that loss of tuition money and may start charging for the credits anyway.
There was no AP when I was in highschool. We had CLEP tests that we could take to get credits but we did have to pay for the credits. I could have "CLEPed out" of several classes, but why not take the required university class, which was usually an easy A and beef up the GPA before getting into those tougher classes for your Major?
ETA: I just checked out the course offerings for my kids when they reach highschool. The 12th grade AP literature class has them reading all the books I read for 10th grade honors english. I guess that's why "they" considered my school district a good one.
Anyway, I am sad that my daughter will face the same issue that I did in highschool. There are so many really interesting classes, but you have to get your 4 core + language in, leaving no room for those awesome sounding electives (like philosophy, psychology and economics). And, she's currently in band, so that would be her 6th hour. I wish they would make the school day a little longer.