Advanced Placement
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 comparable 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 Test Fees for students:
Hamilton's AP Test Coordinator will provide students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses instructions on ordering AP tests. Students will need to order their exams, which cost $94, by October 4. If the class does not start until second semester, the exam will need to be ordered by March. This is a major change from previous years, when all exams were ordered late spring. Moreover, there will be a $40 late order fee and a $40 fee for any unused or cancelled exam.
AP exams will still be administered in May by any 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
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 Music Theory
AP Physics
AP Psychology
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).
Interested in taking AP classes? Watch this video to learn more about these rigorous courses and which ones are offered at Hamilton.