{"id":332,"date":"2016-11-28T21:56:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T21:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2017-01-03T22:00:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T22:00:55","slug":"advanced-placement-ap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/advanced-placement-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Placement (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AP Program gives students the opportunity to take college level courses while they are still in high school.<\/p>\n<p>AP courses are challenging and demanding. However, the rewards are many: much smaller class size (compared to post-secondary), complimentary use of textbook(s) and advanced credit and\/or placement at participating colleges and universities throughout the world are just some of the benefits.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AP students outperform other university students<\/li>\n<li>80% of these students receive A\u2019s or B\u2019s at subsequent course work<\/li>\n<li>Students who take an AP course and score higher than 1 on a scale of 1-5 perform better in university than students who do not take an AP course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*In order to obtain advanced placement and\/or credit status at a participating college or university, a student will need to write the AP exam(s) of his\/her choice. Also, students need to check with the post-secondary institution of their choice to see whether AP exams are accepted and what AP exam grade is needed to gain credit and\/or advanced placement for a particular course. It is strongly recommended that students conduct this investigation before ordering AP exams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If an AP course is not offered at the school, the student can still&nbsp;write the corresponding AP exam.<\/p>\n<p>Information about ordering AP exams will be available to all students in January. Please note that each exam costs approximately $135 &nbsp;and is payable to the school. &nbsp;AP exams are written in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AP Program gives students the opportunity to take college level courses while they are still in high school. AP courses are challenging and demanding. However, the rewards are many: much smaller class size (compared to post-secondary), complimentary use of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/advanced-placement-ap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6871,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6871"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}