先修课程

拉哈布拉高中 offers a wide range of AP and Honors courses in a variety of academic areas, 包括 American Government, Art, Calculus (AB), Computer Science, Economics, English (Langu年龄 & 文学), 环境科学, 欧洲历史上, 法国, 人文地理, 物理, 心理学, 西班牙语(语言 & 文学)和美国历史.  Most of these AP courses are offered as part of the AP/Honors track of our award-winning Herit年龄 Humanities Magnet Program.

参加AP考试的好处

AP考试成绩, 如果足够高, 可以为你赢得学分, 放置, or both at thousands of colleges and universities in the United States and around the world, enabling you to move into upper-level courses in your field of interest, 攻读双学位, or gain time to study or travel abroad.

Taking an AP exam also lets you experience a college-level exam. Your work will be evaluated by college and university professors and AP teachers using college-level standards. If you’re worried about how well you’ll do, remember – you risk nothing by taking the exam. You control which colleges (if any) receive your AP exam grade.

Finally, taking AP exams allows you to earn an AP Scholar Award. 每个9月, the College Board recognizes high school students who have demonstrated exemplary college-level achievement on the AP exams. These academic distinctions will strengthen your applications, resumes, etc. Unfortunately, you will not receive any monetary reward from the College Board. For additional information about award criteria, please visit the College Board website. www.美国大学.com/apstudents

Earning College Credit or Placement

With qualifying AP exam grades, 你可以获得学分, 放置, or both at more than 90% of 4-year colleges and universities in the United States, as well as colleges and universities in 40 other countries. At many of these institutions, you can earn as much as a full year of college credit (sophomore standing) once you’ve attained a sufficient number of qualifying AP exam grades.

Individual colleges and universities, not the College Board or the AP program, grant course credit and 放置. You should obtain a college’s AP policy in writing; you can find this information in the institution’s catalog, 其网站上, or by using the AP credit policy info search at www.美国大学.com/ap/creditpolicy 

If you are interested in applying to a college or university outside the United States, you can find information about AP recognition policies at www.美国大学.com/apintl

Colleges that receive your AP report will typically notify you during the summer of any 放置, credit or exemption you have earned. You can also contact the college’s admissions office to find out the status of your AP credits.

AP考试费用

If you are planning to take an AP Exam you must register online using the link below:


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If you register/pay for an AP Exam, but then decide not to take it, you may qualify for a full or partial refund based on meeting the deadlines outlined on the 总登记s online registration form. Please keep in mind, College Board charges a $40.00 reprocessing/restocking fee per exam.

Fee Waiver Applications are available. Waivers are based upon family size and income and are regulated by the State of California. The fee waiver process must be completed in a timely manner. Please visit the Guidance Office, room 10 for applications and deadlines.