Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement courses and Honors courses are crucial elements in developing a successful college student. If students do well in Advanced Placement and Honor courses in high school, they are relatively accurate indicators of how well that student will perform in a challenging college environment. The University of California campuses are academically challenging environments. Therefore, a student must be well prepared to be able to compete in these environments. AP and Honors courses have been widely criticized because they are not available in every high school across the nation, and that some students take the courses, not to gain knowledge or to prepare for college, but to gain an added advantage when applying to universities. AP and Honors courses are merely extra challenging courses that students can take to challenge their intellect, and also to gain experience in college level classes. They are also better indicators of intelligence and college preparedness than the SAT’s. The University of California campuses should continue using AP and honors courses as admissions factors, because they are great indicators of how successful a student will be in college.
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