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Contact Information: Judy Kane, Coordinator
Phone 833-3614 ext. 638 / E-Mail
Advanced
Placement Program ® (AP ® )
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program
enables students to pursue college-level studies while in
high school. Based on their performance on r igorous AP
examinations, students can earn credit, advanced
placement, or both, for college.
35 AP courses in a wide variety of subject areas are
currently available. Developed by a committee of college
faculty and AP teachers, each AP course covers the
breadth of information, skills, and assignments found in the
corresponding college course.
Why should students participate?
Experience a college-level
test 
Stand out in the admissions
process
Increase your options
Prepare Now to Succeed in College
A 1999 U.S. Department of Education study found
that the strongest predictor of college graduation
is something students do before they ever go to
college:
Participate in rigorous, college-level courses in
high school—and AP courses in particular.
Stand out in the admissions process
“One of the best standard
predictors of academic success
at Harvard is performance on
Advanced Placement
Examinations.”
— William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions, Harvard University
“ AP Exams affirm the rigor of a
student’s course work. Though
admissions policies vary, if I were
a student, I wouldn’t assume that
the college of my dreams didn’t
care about AP Exams in the
admissions process.”
— Bruce Walker, Director of Admissions
University of Texas at Austin
AP students who receive college credit or advanced
placement into higher level college courses perform
better than the non-AP students who actually took the
introductory courses first, so most of the nation’s
colleges and universities provide credit/placement for
qualifying AP Exam grades.
Why should a student take
the AP Exam?
“The confirmation that
college-level learning took
place is in the published
results. The AP Exam
grade is a national
standard that
I can understand and rely
upon.”
—
Joellen L. Silberman, Dean of
Enrollment, Kalamazoo College
AP courses offered by our school: • AP English Language and Composition
•
AP English Literature and Composition
•
AP Calculus AB
•
AP Statistics
•
AP Biology
•
AP Chemistry
•
AP Environmental Science
•
AP Music Theory
•
AP Spanish Language
•
AP Human Geography
•
AP World History
•
AP European History
•
AP American History
•
AP American Government
•
AP Macroeconomics
•
AP Psychology
AP Exams
Each AP course has a corresponding exam that
participating schools worldwide administer in May. AP
Exams contain multiple-choice questions and a free-response section. AP Exams
represent the culmination of
AP courses and are thus an integral part of the Program. Saving Okaloosa
Families
Representative Savings to Okaloosa Families
Number of
Qualifying
Exams |
Credit
Hours |
Course
Fees |
Estimated
Books |
Cost of
Living |
Total |
1 |
3 |
324 |
100 |
- |
$424 |
5 |
15 |
1,620 |
500 |
4,400 |
$6,520 |
9 |
27 |
2,916 |
900 |
8,800 |
$12,616 |
•Assumes in-state tuition of $108 per credit
hour.
• For students earning a score of 3 on the exam; amounts could be increased
for students earning scores of 4 or 5.
• UF and UWF allow a maximum of 30 credit hours of AP credit; UCF and FSU
have no published maximums.
• AP credit can allow students to use other earned scholarships for other
purposes (e.g., study abroad).
• Approximately 21%
of course fees are not covered by the Florida Prepaid College Program.
More Information
http://www.collegeboard.com |
