The College Board offers three Advanced Placement classes in math: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC and AP Statistics. Successful completion of an AP math class is invaluable to many college-bound ...

When teachers mention Advanced Placement (AP) classes, the first thought that came to my mind is how hard they are, and how much more credit they offer. I am a student who gets a hold of challenges to ...

Many people often think that by taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes that they might get ahead in college, get credit, or may look better to colleges. Often times, that is not the case. AP courses ...

Atlanta Public Schools is making a concerted effort, like others nationally, to get more historically underrepresented students into Advanced Placement classes.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the college admission process and how it affects families. According to a recent NPR report, nearly 3 million high school ...

Advanced Placement classes are difficult — there is no way around that fact. Even the most outstanding students sometimes falter in their AP courses, and understandably so. AP classes are designed to ...

It is no secret that college admissions have only become more and more competitive over the last 50 years. The number of students applying to college has increased, while the number of spots at ...

If last year’s numbers are any indication, some 3 million students will be taking 5 million Advanced Placement exams this spring. These three-hour exams, offered in May each year, mark the culmination ...

Every May, millions of high school students charge up their graphing calculators, crank out practice essays, and brush up on topics like participatory democracy and kinematics in preparation for ...

At the end of sophomore year, I hesitated before registering for 11th-grade classes. Most of my choices had been obvious, and English should have been too — I had already received approval to take ...