Ap And Honor Classes Advantages

Through my high school years, I have taken many challenging academic courses, extracurriculars, and community service. By taking AP classes through high school, I have become more prepared for challenging courses in high school and have become more responsible and independent for challenging work, from these Ap classes, I have become more prepared for Honors College. since sophomore year, I have taken the highest level course available. By being in a regular level course I did not feel as if I was being challenged enough and desired more. The high-level courses challenged me and pushed me further as the more challenging it gets the more prepared I would be for the future. As a highly motivated student, I like to be around other students who

When it comes time for high school students to enroll in classes, many of them decide against taking an Advanced Placement class as a result of false assumptions. Why do false assumptions about AP courses exist when the concept was to help students further their education? While it is true that many students take advantage of these courses, the idea of taking an AP course originated as a beneficial route for students. Arguments that were previously stated in articles can easily be rebutted by analyzing the benefits of taking an Advanced Placement course. High school students may benefit by taking AP courses by developing college-level skills, saving money and time, and impressing college admission officers.

Many schools in the country offer students the chance to take Advanced Placement courses. Every student has heard time and time again that taking these courses are necessary to prepare for life after high school. Unfortunately, that claim is not the truth and is being proven to be false each day. AP courses should not be offered at New West because they do not offer the opportunity to go into deep discussion on topics being taught, selective schools such as Dartmouth and Brown are not giving them as much importance, and because the courses affect the quality of the school for the worse.

Given the AP class list at Charlestown High School, and my constant relocating between states during high school, I was only able to take one AP class- AP Language & composition. After coming back to Charlestown High, halfway into September of 2016, I was put into AP Lang and was required to complete all of the summer work in one week. Despite all of the readings and annotations, I was able to complete the requirements, along with a 1500 word essay before the deadline and received the highest grade. Regardless of the challenges that I face outside, and inside of school I’ve always been able to strive for academic excellence and push myself to partake in the creation of new knowledge. Throughout my time in high school when given work that I could not fully comprehend in class, I would spend hours after school teaching myself what I could not understand before. By pushing myself to learn more outside of school I always ended up being ahead of my class in the long run. If given the chance to be a part of the Program I feel that I will have a strong community to learn from, teach and help in order to better myself and others no matter the coursework. No matter the case I always have the motivation to strive for excellence in everything that I do whether

The story behind as to why I took the Pre-AP English class isn’t a very interesting one. From SLMS to CJH I never signed up for the Honors English classes, that decision for me was just one of those things you consider but never actually intend to do. I believe the reason why my 9th grade English teacher recommended me for Pre-AP was because I always performed at the top of the class. After I was approached with the offer I knew I could’ve made one of two choices; either stay in a regular leveled class or challenge my skills and proficiency in Pre-AP. Honestly, if I had taken the regular course I probably would have passed with an A and minor struggles. Profoundly deep down inside I knew the right thing for me to do was take Pre-AP to test

My academic success is so important to me that I changed schools prior to my junior year to a place that offered more AP courses than where I was previously enrolled. I am proud of my success in AP Biology, AP Economics, AP English Language, AP Human Geography, and AP Environmental Science. My passion for higher learning truly surfaced in my ecology project and group presentation in AP Biology about polar bears. Although I found AP courses challenging, through my strong work ethic and perseverance, I earned top marks in all the completed courses.

To make up for the lack of AP classes, I have taken full advantage of the honors and dual-credit classes by

In our lives everyone is struggling in the battle of achieving success, the American dream or wealth. Whatever it may be we acknowledge the fact that hard work is always necessary. By having remarkable grades, being a well-rounded student and having a good personality. These are just the basic essentials vital for succeeding in the fast pace and competitive world around us. With a strong background getting into a college becomes painless and then getting a dream job. Having more money to buy a home, supporting a family and giving to the needy. It is a basic goal of ours. At the bottom of this large building that we will build up, are the pillars that support the building. These pillars are a strong

Education and learning expert, Carol Dweck, says “For no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into an accomplishment.” This is the philosophy I adhere to. Throughout high school, I have strived to take the harder classes and to challenge myself instead of taking the GPA boosting classes. Life only delivers the amount that you are willing to give. I am and always have been willing to go the extra mile and to push myself to new limits. I want to continue this philosophy throughout college by taking the more rigor courses that the honors program will offer. I believe I have the passion, the perseverance, and the strength to achieve these goals.

Biology, chemistry, statistics, calculus, US history, and so on are just some of the many different choices for an advanced placement (AP) courses available to high school students to possibly earn college credit. But what about all the negatives of taking these courses, the cost of the test, and the added stress is only scratching the surface. Time to face facts and see that taking these AP courses will only bring further distress to students taking these courses.

Across the nation, a current and critical issue that recently has been brought to light is a students’ access to accelerated courses such as the Advanced Placement, or AP courses. Research and data have shown that there has been a push for equity of all students being able to enroll in such courses as well as given an equal opportunity to access viable and rigorous curriculums ingrained in the courses (Colgren, 2015; Rowland, 2016; VanSciver, 2006). AP courses have traditionally consisted of predominately homogenous with restrictive barriers that limit the accessibility and access to participate in them. There has been a current trend of an open enrollment policy to both honors and AP courses that accept all students who are motivated to participate in courses that challenging academic curriculums (Winebrenner, 2006). This trend is due to motive and empower students from the underrepresented groups not typically seen in accelerated courses. In order for AP programs to grow and succeed, they should not be aimed just towards the typical, traditional AP student (Ashmead, 2013; Rowland, 2016) but rather should be open to

In high school, I have taken AP and honors classes as often as possible. These classes are where I found my interests and strengths. I am currently taking a variety of classes to help determine what kind of

Kenneth’s academic record speaks for himself, he has maintained an adjusted 3.83 GPA in an array of honors level courses. His junior year, he challenged himself in a Dual Enrollment math course, proving he is capable of handling college level math. Gaining confidence after taking that course, Kenneth decided to take AP Calculus. It is our school policy that students wishing to take an AP level course gain approval from faculty within the

A goal that I had which I thought would never happen was probably getting into an Honors class in my sophomore year of high school. During my freshman year, I was placed in all the easy classes and didn’t feel as if I was being challenged. I talked to my counselor and she thought that the classes I was in was right for me. I tried talking to other counselors but they told me that they couldn’t do much because they weren’t my counselor. So, for that year I accepted all the classes I was placed in. Then before my freshman year ended, there was a test which if I passed, would let me take an Honors class the next year. I ended up passing the test and was able to take the Honors class I wanted. Something I now would have told myself in my freshman

I have been a member of a scholar program at my school for all of high school. This Rancho Verde program requires a certain GPA to be accepted and remain in it. For four years Rancho Verde Scholars leads a pathway of advanced classes and AP courses students are required to take. When I enrolled in the program, I was required to take honors and AP courses starting my first year of high school.  As a result, a summer course was also required before my freshman year to prepare for the AP course, as well as a health course since it did not fit into my yearly courses. With great effort I able to maintain a high GPA and school ranking in order to stay and succeed in the program. In all honesty, I am grateful that it has allowed me to challenge myself