cseitter Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My son will be in 9th next year. When do you put them in or have them take AP classes? Should they take say regular biology then and AP biology course? What are the prereq's for AP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 You have asked questions that have been asked before with responses that vary from individual to individual. Most students do not begin AP in 9th, although a few do. I understand that Human Geography is a good introduction to AP, although none of the high schools near us offer the test in that course--so that was not an option for us. May I suggest that you spend some time reading threads that are tagged with Advanced Placement? I have pulled up the list for you: Threads with Advanced Placement Tag All AP course syllabi, recommended texts, test dates, etc. are found on the College Board's website. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 If a kid can do an AP in 9th - that sure impresses the heck out of the admission folks (if the kid can also get a decent score on the exam). My ds did World History (ok, he loves history) in 9th and got a 4. Colleges mentioned this in the acceptance letters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS in MD Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 If a kid can do an AP in 9th - that sure impresses the heck out of the admission folks (if the kid can also get a decent score on the exam). My ds did World History (ok, he loves history) in 9th and got a 4. Colleges mentioned this in the acceptance letters! Did your son do AP World thru' PA Homeschoolers or self-study? Dd will be in 9th in the fall and wants to take one AP class. AP Human Geography seems like a good into to AP courses. But, dd says it looks a little boring (from course description). Last night I was also looking at AP European History (thru' PA Homeschoolers). It is also offered to 9th graders (advanced). I'm sure AP Euro will be more reading/writing etc, but it looks more interesting to dd. Just wondering, how did you know your ds was ready for AP World? I'm confused as to what I should have dd apply for...:lol: Thanks for your insight! Sangita dd(14),dd(12),dd(9),ds(6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 If your dd has completed Algebra 2 then she can take AP Statistics. It is open to 9th graders. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 At the public high school I attended, we did not yet have AP Human Geography and so there were no AP classes for 9th graders. Now, freshmen can take AP Human Geography to fulfill their world geography requirement. The first AP class before this was 10th grade World History. The AP Bio and AP Chem classes are meant to be taken after a second year of each subject, as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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