Students who take and complete AP courses are:

• Better prepared academically
   

• Prepared with college credit for courses taken in high school
   

• More motivated and have increased self confidence
   

• More Likely to specialize in majors with tougher grading standards
   

• More likely to complete more course work

• More likely to take more college courses in their AP subjects
   

• Significantly better performers in their course work over a four year period
   

• More Likely to be superior in terms of leadership and significant accomplishments
   

• More likely to graduate with a double major
   

• Twice as likely to go into advanced study - graduating studies, doctoral programs, medicine, law