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Benefits of AP Courses

Benefits of Advanced Placement Courses

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