AP课程官方介绍
AP课程的对象是高中学力的学生，使其具备大学水平的专业能力。通过30多个课程(包括AP Calculus),每个课程最终严格的考试,AP考试成绩有机会为准备上大学的学生提供自愿的、学术上的大学学分或者免修跳级,或者两者兼得。参加AP课程同时是一个可以有效的向大学的招生办证明能力的机会，证明自己有能力通过最严格的课程考试的能力。
AP课程考试后，学生兴高采烈的场景
将AP课程和大学课程对比，每门AP课程在程度都接近大学课程的水平。同时，学院和大学各个系的教员在AP课程中扮演了重要的角色，确保AP课程与大学课程水平相当。有才华的和专用的美联社教师帮助学生在课堂上美联社全球开发和应用内容的知识和技能,他们需要在大学。优秀且专业的AP课程教师帮助参加AP课程的学生在世界各地的教室里学习知识和技能，这些知识和技能本来需要在大学的课堂才能学习到的。
每门AP课程相比大学课程水平的评估，是由世界领先的学院或者大学中经验丰富的AP老师担当的。AP考试是参加AP必不可少的一部分，用来授予合格的同学，证明其具备大学同等课程的水平。AP考试是必不可少的一部分,美联社的经验,使学生掌握大学水平的课程展示他们的工作。超过90%的四年制的学院或大学的美国学生被授予学分、学位,或者两者都有，在获得优异的AP考试分数的基础上。世界上有超过60个国家的大学承认AP考试成绩，作为录取依据并且给予相应的学分、奖学金。
可以通过访问www.collegeboard.org/ap/creditpolicy，了解超过1000所学院或者大学对于AP的学分和录取政策。做好一门AP课程的考试不但意味着成功的通过一门AP课程，也意味着成功的向大学迈进一步。研究不断表明,相比较没有参加AP课程的，学生在AP考试得分3或更高，通常意味着在大学有更大的学术成就和更有可能按时毕业。
About the AP Program
AP enables students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. Through more than 30 courses, each culminating in a rigorous exam, AP provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both.Taking AP courses also demonstrates to college admission officers that students have sought out the most rigorous course work available to them.Each AP course is modeled upon a comparable college course, and college and university faculty play a vital role in ensuring that AP courses align with college-level standards.
Talented and dedicated AP teachers help AP students in classrooms around the world develop and apply the content knowledge and skills they will need in college.Each AP course concludes with a college-level assessment developed and scored by college and university faculty as well as experienced AP teachers.AP Exams are an essential part of the AP experience, enabling students to demonstrate their mastery of college-level course work.More than 90 percent of four-year colleges and universities in the United States grant students credit, placement, or both on the basis of successful AP Exam scores.Universities in more than 60 countries recognize AP Exam scores in the admission process and/or award credit and placement for qualifying scores.
Visit www.collegeboard.org/ap/creditpolicy to view AP credit and placement policies at more than 1,000 colleges and universities.Performing well on an AP Exam means more than just the successful completion of a course; it is a pathway to success in college.Research consistently shows that students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams typically experience greater academic success in college and are more likely to graduate on time than otherwise comparable non-AP peers.
