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Advanced Placement Program
®
(AP
®
) courses give you a head start on college .
Taking the end-of-course AP Exam sends a powerful message to colleges and universities that a student is ready for them, and can enable students to gain admission, college credit, and placement into advanced courses.

AP and College Success ™
70 Students who take AP courses and exams are much more likely than their peers to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years or less.
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• AP courses are designed and updated annually to reflect what’s being taught in cutting-edge college courses.
• Students receive an external evaluation — the AP Exam —which is scored by college faculty from around the world who verify that the student has mastered college-level studies.

Most of the nation’s colleges and universities, plus colleges and universities in 24 other countries, grant students admission, credit, and/or placement for qualifying AP Exam grades.
For example, at Princeton, students can use qualifying
AP Exam grades to:
• Graduate in three or three-and-a-half years
• Enter upper-level courses
• Fulfill a foreign language requirement

• Some colleges award “credit” for qualifying
AP Exam grades. This means you actually earn points toward your college degree.
• Others award “advanced placement.” This means you can skip introductory courses, enter higher-level classes, and/or fulfill general education requirements.

Colleges and universities give credit for qualifying AP Exam grades, not AP course grades.
“The confirmation that collegelevel learning took place is in the published results. The AP Exam grade is a national standard that
I can understand and rely upon.”
—Joellen L. Silberman, Dean of Enrollment
Kalamazoo College

College credit can allow you to move into upperlevel college courses sooner, pursue a double major, and gain time to study and travel abroad:
“As a freshman, I was able to skip general ed requirements and head straight into the higherlevel classes I wanted to take. Taking AP Exams literally saved me semesters of time.”
—Brent Wiese, University of Iowa

If you earn a qualifying grade on an AP Exam, you can receive credit for the equivalent course at thousands of colleges and universities:
“I took AP throughout high school because it was the most interesting and well-taught program offered. When I reached college, I realized that I had accumulated a year’s worth of credits. I graduated from Michigan’s undergraduate business school a full year early, saving $30,000 and a year’s time.”
—Nikki Baker, University of Michigan

Stand out in the admissions process
“One of the best standard predictors of academic success at Harvard is performance on
Advanced Placement
Examinations.”
—William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions, Harvard University
“AP Exams affirm the rigor of a student’s course work. Though admissions policies vary, if I were a student, I wouldn’t assume that the college of my dreams didn’t care about AP Exams in the admissions process.”
—Bruce Walker, Director of Admissions
University of Texas at Austin

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The intensity of college exams catches far too many freshmen by surprise:
“Students who have prepared for and taken the AP Exams adapt more easily to taking college essay exams, and are especially skilled in including a thesis and a welldeveloped argument. They are also less intimidated by sophisticated, college-level multiple-choice questions that seek to test understanding over memorization.”
—Robert Blackey, Professor of History
CSU, San Bernardino

“I received a 3 on my AP English
Exam, but since I love English and hope to take all the English courses that I can possibly get my hands on, I decided to take
English 111 in college. My college class is covering the same material I studied in AP English.
Thanks to my experience preparing for the free-response questions, my frequent essay exams are a breeze. By taking
AP, I’m a step ahead of the others in my class. I know the material and I know the process.”
—Anne Elliott, University of Connecticut

• AP courses and exams are developed and scored by the College Board, a not-for-profit membership association dedicated to helping students connect to college success and opportunity.
• There is NO fee to take an AP course.

There is an $89 fee for each AP Exam, which the College Board uses to:
1) develop, print, ship, and score the exams
2) subsidize teacher training
3) develop classroom resources
4) support educational initiatives

• For students with financial need, the College
Board reduces the exam fee. However, D.C.
Everest pays the Exam fees for students who quality for full free and reduced lunches.

5 - Extremely Well Qualified
Statistically equates to high A’s in the comparable college course
4 - Well Qualified
Statistically equates to low A’s and high B’s in the comparable college course
3 - Qualified
Statistically equates to low B’s and high C’s in the comparable college course
2 - Possibly Qualified
Statistically equates to low C’s and high D’s in the comparable college course
1 - No Recommendation

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• English – AP English Language and Composition,
AP English Literature and Composition
• Science – AP Biology, AP Physics, AP
Environmental Science
• Business - Accounting
• Art – Studio Art
• Social Studies – AP Human Geography, AP U.S.
History, AP European History, AP World History,
AP Psychology, AP American Government, AP
Macro Economics, AP Comparative Politics

Paul Aleckson
Social Studies Curriculum
Coordinator

D.C. Everest Social Studies Department
Advanced Placement in the Social Studies
• Freshman Year – AP United States Government and
Politics (1 credit)
• Sophomore Year – Choose one of three- AP Human
Geography, AP World History, AP European History
(these courses meet the world studies requirement)
{Sophomores may choose to take additional social science AP courses}

D.C. Everest Social Studies Department
Advanced Placement in the Social Studies
• Junior Year – AP U.S. History
(1 credit Meets U.S. History requirement for graduation)

(Senior Year – Social Science electives –
AP Comparative Politics (1/2 cr.) (So-Sr.)
AP Economics (1/2 cr.) (So-Sr.)
AP Psychology (1 cr.) (Jr-Sr.)

Mrs. Kelly Thompson
Language Arts Curriculum Coordinator

English
Scheduling Recommendations
• Grade 9 = English 9 or English 9 Honors
• Grade 10 = English 10 or English 10
Honors

English
Scheduling Recommendations
Grade 11
• Writing Workshop + Reading-Emphasis
Course
OR
• AP Language & Composition

English
Scheduling Recommendations
AP Language & Composition
• Writing and Language emphasis
• Nonfiction reading
• Recommended junior year but may be taken senior year

English
Scheduling Recommendations
Grade 12
• AP Literature & Composition
OR
• AP Language & Composition
OR
• Any combination of English electives

English
Scheduling Recommendations
AP Literature & Composition
• Literature and Literary Analysis emphasis
• Fiction, poetry, and drama reading
• Prerequisites: Senior standing and AP
Language & Composition (or Writing
Workshop + Reading-Emphasis Course)

Mark Schommer
Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator

Typical Honors Track…
Pre-Calculus
Honors
Algebra 2
AP Statistics
AP Calculus
AB
AP Calculus BC
Although there is a lot of flexibility in the path each student chooses, the important part is to take a path that is necessary for them.
For that, please see your career cluster.

If you have questions call or email the subject area Curriculum
Coordinator.
Business
ahoffmann@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4120
English/World Language- kthompson@dce.k12.wi.us
Math -mschommer@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4250
Science – sabel@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4405
Social Studies – paleckson@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x
4353