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ADVANCED PLACEMENT - These courses are designed for students who will be pursuing a college education and who are willing to accept the rigor these classes require. Students will be held to standards to those of actual college-level courses. Students may elect to take an Advanced Placement Examination administered by the College Board for each Advanced Placement course they are taking.
AP Exam Ordering for students:
Detailed instructions for the ordering process will be provided to students in their AP classes by their AP teachers. The order window is September 15th through October 31st with a cost of $105 PER exam. Late fees apply after this date. If the class does not start until second semester, the students will order exams in February. Exam ordering deadlines are set by College Board and cannot be altered by Hamilton High School. Students need to follow the ordering process and payment dates to ensure they receive their exam.
*College Board closes ALL ordering as of March 15th. No exams will be able to be ordered after that date.
AP exams will be administered in May for any Hamilton High School student who is currently enrolled in an AP class. College credit may be earned based on the individual student's AP exam scores.
Hamilton offers Advanced Placement courses in:
AP Studio Art
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science
AP Environmental Science
AP Government (Comparative & U.S.)
AP Human Geography
AP Language
AP Literature
AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Physics
AP Psychology
AP Research
AP Seminar
AP Statistics
AP US History
*Course offerings are dependent on enrollment; some courses may not be offered every year. AP courses vary from semester to yearlong based on a four block schedule. AP grades are weighted on a 5.0 scale (A=5; B=4; C=3; D=2; and F=0).
*College Board sets the exam schedule - schools must administer the exams at those times. Students will only be eligible for a Late exam in cases of a medical emergency (with documentation), 2 AP exams at the same time, mandatory Hamilton sponsored event.
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