Advanced Placement
Rigorous high school
Advanced Placement refers to a program of college-level courses and exams offered to high school students in the United States and internationally.
Students who score well on AP exams may receive college credit or skip introductory courses: She took five AP classes her senior year.
The program, administered by the College Board, covers subjects from calculus to art history.
Often abbreviated AP: AP Biology, AP English.
College-prep high school classes
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- electivesFreely chosen courses
enrollment · transcript · prerequisites · college prep · high school · secondary · sophomore · junior
College-level high school assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- gradingAssigning marks to work
multiple-choice · essay · proctor · standardized · bubbling · section · prep · review
Notable difference or honor
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
proficiency · mastery · honors · GPA · weighted · ranking · valedictorian · salutatorian
Academic progress measurement
- transferMove between locations
- universityHigher education institution
- admissionEntry or confession
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
tuition · degree · equivalency · exemption · hours · acceptance · transcript · matriculation
Hard to accomplish
- demandingRequiring great effort
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- difficultRequiring much effort
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
workload · stress · time management · study skills · dedication · ambitious · accelerated · expectations
AP courses
College-prep high school classes
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- creditsUnits toward graduation
electives · enrollment · transcript · prerequisites · college prep · high school · secondary · sophomore · junior · senior
AP exam
College-level high school assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
grading · multiple-choice · essay · proctor · standardized · bubbling · section · prep · review · credit
distinction
Notable difference or honor
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
excellence · proficiency · mastery · honors · GPA · weighted · ranking · valedictorian · salutatorian · academic success
college credit
Academic progress measurement
- transferMove between locations
- universityHigher education institution
- admissionEntry or confession
undergraduate · tuition · degree · equivalency · exemption · hours · acceptance · transcript · matriculation · prerequisites
challenging
Hard to accomplish
competitive · workload · stress · time management · study skills · dedication · ambitious · accelerated · expectations · pressure
- academic levelskindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade
- school programsAP, honors, scholarship, honors program, AP classes
- secondary educationhigh school, secondary school, freshman year, sophomore year, junior year
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- classesfirst class, acting class, second class, third class, baking class
Advanced Placementremedial
Intended to fix problems
basic · regular · standard · general education · college prep
advance, advanced, advancing, advances, advancement, place, placed, placing, places