College Admissions Officers Say Applicants Who Complete and Do Well in AP® Courses Have an Admissions Advantage

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan Test Prep’s most recent survey of college admissions officers from 361 of the nation’s top-ranked schools finds that 78% give an edge to prospective students who complete and perform well in Advanced Placement (AP) courses compared to those who don’t*. Within that 78%, 20% describe that edge as “significant,” while 36% consider […]

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Numbers of AP Test-Takers Continue to Rise

(Edweek) By Jaclyn Zubrzycki. The number of high school students taking Advanced Placement exams continued to grow last year, and more of the test-takers were from low-income families, according to the College Board’s latest annual report on the program. In the high school graduating class of 2016, 1.1 million students took at least one Advanced […]

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