AP credits on a transcript?

[Shabbyfan]

My son is taking 3 self study AP courses this year. I know that I cannot list the courses on his transcript as "AP" because that is a trademark of the College Board. My question,then, is how do I indicate those courses on his transcript? Also how is credit determined for AP classes? For example, AP micro-economics and  AP macro-economics....are they worth 1 credit each? Any help would be appreciated.

[regentrude]

You can list them as "xy class with AP exam" if your student has taken the exam.

(Alternatively, you can have your own syllabus approved by the College Board to obtain AP designation, but it may be too late for this year - although I vaguely recall an October deadline)

[Jen in NY]

I have seen people say "Honors English with AP Exam" ... if he's not a senior you will have the opportunity to list the scores on his transcript if you so desire.

 

I give one credit per class, unless it is a lab, then I give 1.5. For a half year class I give .5 credits.

 

ETA Oops... posted at the same time as Regentrude. :)

[AFwife Claire]

I saw someone suggest "Honors Microeconomics (AP Equivalent)" as well.  I'm only giving 1/2 credit for each AP economics class, even though we are taking a year for each one; same for AP US Government and Politics.  On the AP teachers forum for gov., the teachers were talking about how they add in a little bit of economics so that they can count the class as a full year credit, even though most of the time is spent on government.  I don't know who legislates how much credit to give though--it may be school-by-school policies, as opposed to some official policy handed down by the College Board or something.. 

[dirty ethel rackham]

I am careful not to give more credit than what my local high school offers because I don't want college officials thinking I am padding credits.  I give one credit for an AP class (but, then again, if it is a semester class, I would give .5 credit but we didn't do any like that.)  My local high school doesn't give any more credit for labs, so I don't.  If the class was not an AP approved class, then I put "w/ AP exam" next to it. 

 

For college classes at our local LAC, my policy is if the class is under 4 credit hours, I give .5 credit.  If it is 4 hours and over, I give 1 credit.  I had planned on giving 1 credit for each college class.  However, when I saw that my son's college bio class (for majors) only went through about 1/2 of the content of the AP exam and that colleges would typically give credit for 2 college classes with a good score on that exam, I felt that I could not be justified in giving a full credit. 

[Ann.without.an.e]

If your student takes an AP course through a company like Thinkwell, then can it count as an official AP course or no?

thanks

[Sebastian (a lady)]

If your student takes an AP course through a company like Thinkwell, then can it count as an official AP course or no?

thanks

I think you have to ask Thinkwell if they have an approved syllabus. When I looked at their website it seemed they were listing courses as Prep for AP with a disclaimer. On the other hand places that use Thinkwell like Johns Hopkins seem to list their course as an AP course.