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Advanced Placement

AP
Seminole Ridge Community High School
Guidance Department
What can AP or AICE
classes do for you?
 Achievement
– AP and AICE provide you the
opportunity to earn credit or advanced placement for
college and stand out in the admissions process.
 Preparation
– AP and AICE help you develop better
study habits, improve your writing skills, and sharpen
your problem-solving abilities/skills vital to your
success.
 Confidence
– AP and AICE help you gain
confidence in your ability to tackle academic
challenges.
Benefits of Advanced
Academics

Receive recognition by more than 90 percent of
colleges in the United States and colleges in more
than 60 other countries, which grant credit,
advanced placement or both on the basis of AP
Exam grades.
Have time to move into upper-level courses in your
field of interest, pursue a double major, or study
abroad.
Design a college experience that suits you and gives
you the flexibility to get the most out of your
college years.
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What s the cost of
taking an AP or AICE course?
 AP courses and exams are developed and scored
by the College Board, a not-for-profit membership
association dedicated to helping students connect
to college success and opportunity.
 AICE courses and exams are developed and scored
by the University of Cambridge.
 There is NO fee to take an AP or AICE course.
 Exam fees are paid by the school for students that
are enrolled in the AP and AICE courses.
Did you know . . .
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If you earn a high school diploma, you re likely to
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earn $9,700 more annually than students who don t
complete high school.
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But if you earn a bachelor s degree in college,
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you re likely to earn $31,000 more annually than
those who did not graduate and $21,500 more than
those who did graduate High School.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012
Credit by Exam
University of Florida
Score of Score of Score of
AP Exam
3 4 5
ARH 2050 ARH 2050
ARH 2002
Art History And 2051 And 2051
(3 credits)
(6 credits) (6 credits)
BSC 2010/2010L
BSC 2007/2009L BSC 2007/2009L and BSC
Biology
(4 credits) (4 credits) 2011/2011L
(8 credits)
MAC 2311 MAC 2311 MAC 2311
Calculus AB
(4 credits) (4 credits) (4 credits)
AMH 2010 AMH 2010
United States AMH 2010
And 2020 And 2020
History (3 credits)
(6 credits) (6 credits)
Why should a student take
the AP Exam?
Colleges and universities give
credit for qualifying AP Exam
grades, not AP course grades.
“
The confirmation that college-
level learning took place is in the
published results. The AP Exam
grade is a national standard that
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I can understand and rely upon.
—Joellen L. Silberman, Dean of Enrollment

Kalamazoo College
AP courses offered by our school:
AP English Language AP Calculus AB

AP English Literature AP Calculus BC

AP Human Geography AP Statistics

AP US History AP Biology

AP US Gov’t & Politics AP Chemistry

AP Macroeconomics AP Physics
Grade Values for Classes
Regular Credit Honors Credit AP/AICE/DE
Credit
A=4.0 A=4.5
A=6
B=3.0 B=3.375
B=4.5
C=2.0 C=2.25
C=3.0
D=1.0 D=1.125
D=1.5