We didn't have a lot of options, especially for those with kinda sh**tty grades like me, but I did manage to get into AP English my Sr year. From talking to kids today it seems like every HS has several dozens of these classes in all types of subjects....kids can be nearly halfway done with college before they get into it.
It's a great program. No need for advanced students to get stuck in low gear, and they can save some serious money on college. There's been a big push here to get more AP classes into seriously ghetto schools. I havr mixed feelings about it. We already have magnet programs that draw most of the talented students into the better schools. The expected rigor of AP classes is so ridiculously mismatched with the students at the bad schools that it's a bit of a joke. Then, you get all the misleading headlines about how AP scores aren't what they used to be. Sigh...
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