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What is AP?
AP stands for Advanced Placement and it allows High-School students to take year long College Level classes.
At the end of the year, students taking these courses will take AP Exam which will be graded on a 5 point scale. This exam score could then be given to colleges and, depending on what they decide, can reward you college credit.
Why Should I Take AP Classes?
AP Classes can offer a cheaper way to obtain college credit. You will still need to pay College Board a fee for the course, but this will be much cheaper than a class at a university.
More Reasons to Take AP:
Shows College Course Rigor
This is a big factor in college applications. Taking AP classes shows that you are challenging yourself in High School and you can handle college rigor.
College Education
AP Classes will teach more than a normal High School level class. Depending on your values, this can be seen as more worth during your High School time.
5.0 Scale GPA
A big reason why students take AP classes is that they are graded on a 5.0 scale compared to a normal 4.0 scale. This can boost your weighted GPA as an A will be on that 5.0 scale, while a B will be considered the same as an A in a normal High School class.
Should I Just Only Take AP Courses?
Despite the benefits of AP classes, you should not just take AP classes. Filling your schedule with only AP will be extremely difficulty to handle as you still need to ensure you do good in these courses.
Roosevelt High School also limits who can take AP courses, reserving most AP classes for Juniors and Seniors. Roosevelt also requires students to take certain classes before graduating such a semester of Physical Education.
Taking more than three AP classes a year will require that you speak to the College Counselor at A1 to discuss about the future workload this will require.
Remember that balancing workload is vital to the success of High School students. If you believe you can do it, do it. But give deep consideration and commitment before taking AP courses.
What AP Classes Should I Take?
Do research into what AP classes will suit you the best. If you are interested in mathematics, consider taking classes such as AP Calculus or AP Statistics.
If Roosevelt does not offer the course you want, you may want to consider look at HVLN, formally known as Eschool, for online alternatives. Again consider the rigor of these courses as you will be taking them alongside your other seven courses.
You should also do research into the difficulty of these courses. Courses such as AP Psychology are known as the easier AP classes. Note however that the workload of the course is dependent on the teacher. This difficulty stems from the difficulty of the content itself. AP Psychology is still workload rigorous, however the exam itself is not extremely difficult.
How Do I Register?
In-order to be registered into an AP course, the student must fill out an AP contract which can be found here. The course code can be found on the Roosevelt's program of studies. This can be found on the main Roosevelt website under the registrar tab. This will then be turned into the Ms. Kaneshiro or your advisor teacher.
Once that is complete, during the summer you will fill an AP payment form out which will allow you to pay for the classes you registered for. This form can be found here.
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