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The Advanced Placement (AP) program, sponsored by the College Board, enables college and secondary schools to work together to provide students with the opportunity to complete college level studies during secondary school. The AP program makes descriptions of, and examinations in, introductory college-level courses available to interested schools. It presents the results of those examinations to colleges of the students' choice. Participating colleges grant credit, advanced placement, or both to students who have performed at a qualifying level on AP Examinations. Approximately 1,400 colleges and universities indicate that students may begin as sophomores on the basis of sufficient AP grades.

Grades on the AP exam are reported on a 5-point scale:

• 5 extremely well qualified
• 4 well qualified
• 3 qualified
• 2 possible qualified
• 1 no recommendation

This scale equates current student performances to that of prior years and to that of college students at selective institutions. AP grades of 3 or higher are comparable to A's, B's and high C's in college courses.

(Above information taken from the College Board's Advanced Placement Program 40th Anniversary AP Yearbook: Access to Excellence; The College Entrance Examination Board, New York, 1995)

Currently, Souderton Area High School offers the following AP courses

• English Language/Composition
• English Language/Literature
• United States History
• European History
• Calculus AB/BC
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Environmental Science
• Studio Art

For more information on AP courses at the high school, students should see their counselor, or Mr. Barber.