Colonia High School offers 

20 Advanced Placement Courses

Why take AP Classes?

Students often struggle understanding why they should take AP courses.It’s hard to explain the benefits of a rigorous, AP course load when students already have a number of extracurricular activities and personal matters going on in their high school lives. The sheer idea of an AP course can be viewed as an additional responsibility to the many things they have to juggle.

It can be difficult to convince students to work hard in the present for the sake of an abstract future, so we created the AP Savings Calculator to make the value of AP classes more concrete and obvious.

The AP Savings Calculator takes the AP credit policies of over 1,000 public and private universities and allows students to project how much they could save with their AP scores.

Helping a student understand how their AP performance can impact how much they spend on college can serve as the “lightbulb” moment for them to decide to take three AP exams instead of one or two. Even one more exam can mean the difference between a student applying to only safety schools or applying to a few target and reach schools due to their stellar AP performance.

You will find this tool immensely helpful for guiding student course load planning sessions, parent conferences, and in collaborating with your AP staff.

Even if you’re already confident that your AP students understand the importance of the APs, this calculator can serve as a resource for them to create personalized AP savings reports that they can then proudly show their parents.

1. Prep for college

AP classes can be as challenging as introductory college courses. They are fast-paced, cover more material than regular classes, and require independent work like research and analysis. Getting a dose of a college-level curriculum early on could ease your transition from high school senior to first-year college student.

2. Rise to the top of the pile

Advanced Placement classes show admissions officers that you're ready for college-level work. Admissions counselors consistently tell us that good grades and academic rigor are the most important factors when schools evaluate applications.  Even over standardized test scores!

3. Strengthen your transcript

Many high schools give extra weight to AP grades when calculating your GPA. Taking an AP class and getting a B is often a better choice than getting an A in a regular course.

4. Study what you love

There are 38 AP subjects from computer science to Japanese language and culture, although your high school may only offer some of these. If you're a science whiz, AP Biology or AP Chemistry may give you the extra challenge you crave. If you're the next Ernest Hemingway, head to AP English. Choosing a subject you’re interested in, or have had previous success in, will help you commit to the workload.

5. Get a head start on college reqs (and save some tuition dollars)

Taking an AP class is great prep for the acing the corresponding AP test. Held every May, AP tests are scored on a scale from 1–5.  If your college offers AP credit, a score of a 4 or higher could allow you to earn college credits without paying college tuition. Some students are able to skip the entire first year of college this way, thus cutting the entire cost of their college education by one quarter.

From The Princeton Review - https://www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/ap-classes 

AP SCORES

Get Your Scores:

Students: Click HERE to access your AP scores.

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About Sending AP Scores:

After you take an AP Exam, we send your score report to the college or university that you designated on your answer sheet. Your score report is cumulative and includes scores for all the AP Exams you have ever taken, unless you requested that one or more scores be withheld from a college or canceled. When you go online you will be able to see your entire score report and score–send history. If you wish to send additional score reports to colleges, universities and scholarship programs you can do so online for a fee. Learn more about sending your scores to colleges and universities.

How Exams Are Scored:

Ever wonder what happens to your exam after exam day? How does your year of hard work become a score of 1–5? Find out.

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