Counseling Corner: Addison Trail Guidance Department provides information about Advanced Placement courses and exams

Addison Trail encourages students to enroll in the most rigorous curriculum available, including Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which allow students the chance to earn college credit while still in high school. Below, the Addison Trail Guidance Department offers information about AP classes and exams.

AP exams are rigorous, multiple-component tests administered at high schools each May. High school students can earn college credit, placement or both for qualifying AP exam scores. Each exam has a corresponding course and provides a standardized measure of what students have learned in that class.

The corresponding AP exam is an essential part of the AP course experience and can help students:

• Stand out in the college admissions process
• Earn academic scholarships and awards from colleges and universities
• Experience college-level academics while still in high school
• Save time and money
• Move directly into upper-level courses in their field of interest

*Source: www.collegeboard.org/ap/testing

This school year, Addison Trail will offer 19 AP exams. Students enrolled in AP courses can buy exams in the bookstore from March 24 to April 9. The cost of each exam is $89, and payments can be made by cash, check or Visa / MasterCard.

Final instructions will be delivered to AP teachers and students in mid-April before the actual testing begins. Those instructions will include the time and place of each exam. For more information, call the guidance department at 630-628-3318.