Welcome!
• Welcome
• General Session
– Purpose of Success Night
– AP at Brandeis
– The Benefits of AP
• Facts
• College Readiness
• AP Exams
– Resources and Strategies for Success
• Teacher Comments
• Breakout Session by Teacher
Purpose:
To equip parents and students with
vital information regarding the
significance AP course enrollment.
• Since 1955, the AP Program has
enabled millions of students to
take college-level courses and
exams, and to earn college credit
or placement while still in high
school.
2 Yr BHS AP SNAPSHOT vs 2015
Global Mean
Course
2014 #-BHS
2014 Mean
2015#-BHS
2015 Mean
Global Mean
Biology
54
3.46
23
3.09
2.91
Calculus AB
79
3.01
72
2.99
2.86
Env. Science
151
2.89
92
3.4
2.59
3.30
10
3.40
3.03
115
2.9
2.32
Music Theory 10
Physics 1
Psychology
22
3.50
22
3.36
3.12
Span Lang
27
4.33
22
3.86
3.12
Statistics
44
3.09
30
3.17
2.8
Stu Art Draw
6
3.50
7
4.14
3.28
Calculus BC
15
4.07
23
3.35
3.72
Chemistry
14
3.36
17
2.76
2.66
English Lang
114
2.96
165
2.61
2.79
English Lit
110
3.12
95
2.97
2.78
• The AP Program offers more than
30 courses and exams.
• More than 17,000 schools
worldwide participate in the
AP Program.
• 26.5 percent of U.S. public high
school students in the class of
2009 took an AP Exam at some
point in high school. In 2009,
nearly 1.7 million students
worldwide took more than 2.9
million AP Exams.
• More than 90 percent of the nation's
four-year colleges and universities, and
institutions in more than 45 countries,
have an AP policy that grants incoming
students credit, placement or both for
qualifying AP Exam grades. In 2009, more
than 3,600 colleges and universities
accepted qualifying AP Exam grades for
credit and/or placement.
• Each AP Exam, with the exception of AP
Studio Art, consists of dozens of multiplechoice questions that are scored by machine,
as well as free-response questions (essays,
translations, problems, oral responses) that
are scored at the annual AP Reading by
approximately 10,000 college faculty and AP
teachers using scoring standards and rubrics
developed by college and university faculty
who teach the corresponding college
courses.
• The NISD Definition
• Emphasis on critical thinking skills
such as analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation.
• A strong AP policy helps attract and appropriately
place students
• Having a clear and equitable AP policy enables colleges
and universities to attract a diverse group of motivated
high school students. AP courses teach students
important skills that can lead to college success
including how to:
• Read texts critically
• Solve problems analytically
• Write clearly
• 100% of students should take the
exams in May.
• The test represents the
culmination of the year.
The composite score for each AP Exam
is converted to a grade of 5, 4, 3, 2 or
1. An AP Exam grade of 5 is equivalent
to an A in the corresponding college
course; a grade of 4 is equivalent to
grades of A-, B+ and B; and a grade of 3
is equivalent to grades of B-, C+ and C
http://www.collegeboard.org/
• Separate sections for students, parents,
and educators.
• Scholarship information
• AP review information by content area
• College information
• Reports and data
• Cost calculators
• Important dates and timelines
• Newsletters
• READ the textbook and study its
examples.
• Stay on top of homework, not
doing the homework will affect
comprehension and grades.
• Formulate specific questions
before the next class meeting.
•
GET TUTORING!!!
• Form a STUDY GROUP with
other serious students.
•ORGANIZE AND
PRIORITIZE!
The presence of AP courses on a
student's transcript indicates
that the student has
challenged him or herself by
taking rigorous college-level
courses.
San Antonio Express News
February 10, 2008
“According to that study, taking difficult
classes, especially math, may be the single
most important predictor of how well a
student will do in college. Of those students
who took Calculus in high school, for
example, 83 percent earned a bachelor’s
degree, compared with 39% who only made
it through Algebra II.”
WHAT COUNTS IN COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS
Courses selected
78
SAT scores
61
Class rank
33
Overall grades
54
Essay
23
Work/School activity
7
0
2004 NACAC Survey
College Admissions Officials
20
40
60
80
% citing "considerably important"
100