A college preparatory course is a means by which college bound high school students may better meet the more stringent scholastic requirements for entry into colleges and universities. Students taking college-preparatory courses may have an increased quantity of classwork, and expectations to achieve are at a higher level. The
GPA
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as num ...
weight for college-preparatory courses may have more value for college entry programs than regular courses.
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"College Preparation Resources for Students ", accessed 02-06-2009 College prep courses are particularly appropriate for providing the academic background needed to succeed in a degree program at a college or university.
[ Above college-preparatory in difficulty is honors, where the advanced structure while similar in many ways to college prep, requires even more effort from the student. In many schools, a student can move from college-preparatory courses to ]Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board. AP offers undergraduate university-level curricula and examinations to high school students. Colleges and universities in the US and elsewhere ...
courses, if they attain a certain average.collegeboard.com
"Advanced Placement Program", accessed 02-06-2009
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Education in the United States
The United States does not have a national or federal educational system. Although there are more than fifty independent systems of education (one run by each U.S. state, state and Territories of the United States, territory, the Bureau of In ...
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