An AP course is associated with strenuous amounts of homework on difficult material where worthy students take part to earn college credit. Now, one course is difficult enough to manage, but multiple courses are impossible to manage. As a result, students that are loading multiple AP courses, 3 or more, are being overworked. The effect of overworking students is counter intuitive to the objective of AP courses, in which they want to challenge the student to help them excel. However, students won’t be working at their full potential if their constantly being bombarded with extremely difficult tasks (Matthews). Matthews continues on to discuss how AP courses are rapidly advancing and students are beginning to be passively placed within AP courses.
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Personally, AP courses should grant students college credit since they’re deemed a college level course instead of requiring an extremely difficult test on all the material that was taught throughout the course. Since, college level implies that the course is on par with that of an actual college course, than requiring a standardized test to earn credit for those that pass the class, with a C or higher, comes across as quite redundant. Students that passed the course with an acceptable grade should, technically, be allowed to earn the course credit had it truly been an acceptable college course. Seemingly, there is such a course that allows for students to earn college credit without having to take a standardized test. Katy Hopkins discusses that “AP courses are not the only route for high school students seeking rigorous college training… dual credit courses at a local community college while in high school” can attribute to a college level course and experience within high school that grants students that pass, with an acceptable grade, with college credit. Dual credit courses are a splendid alternative to AP courses, since dual credit courses are a college course offered to high school students that guarantees them to earn credit if they pass the course, while AP courses demand a score of 3 or …show more content…
Although, AP courses are much more difficult than regular courses which makes students wary of enrolling since the boost might not cover the grade deficiency. However, Bluntly speaking “a B in an AP course reveals more about your work ethic and desire for challenge than straight A grades in all regular level classes” (Morgan). Since, AP courses are rather difficult it takes a considerable amount of work to maintain a nice grade while in regular courses it’s possible to slip by with all A’s. Basically, colleges love to see how well students can handle these difficult courses since it’s a good indicator of their learning capabilities and ability to cope with stress. Allan Stewart, an AP microeconomics teacher, believes that “we need to be dynamic in what we offer students. They already receive a GPA boost, which is pretty substantial, but I try to emphasize the monetary value of the test, where $92 is much less that a several hundred or several thousand dollar course at a college.” As an economic teacher this is a logical standpoint in which almost anyone can see that receiving more than what’s put in is a wise decision. However, “[o]ne major drawback is that the classes' difficulty and workload take a large amount of time. This can often result in high levels of stress, especially if you are taking more than one AP course”
Personally, AP courses should grant students college credit since they’re deemed a college level course instead of requiring an extremely difficult test on all the material that was taught throughout the course. Since, college level implies that the course is on par with that of an actual college course, than requiring a standardized test to earn credit for those that pass the class, with a C or higher, comes across as quite redundant. Students that passed the course with an acceptable grade should, technically, be allowed to earn the course credit had it truly been an acceptable college course. Seemingly, there is such a course that allows for students to earn college credit without having to take a standardized test. Katy Hopkins discusses that “AP courses are not the only route for high school students seeking rigorous college training… dual credit courses at a local community college while in high school” can attribute to a college level course and experience within high school that grants students that pass, with an acceptable grade, with college credit. Dual credit courses are a splendid alternative to AP courses, since dual credit courses are a college course offered to high school students that guarantees them to earn credit if they pass the course, while AP courses demand a score of 3 or …show more content…
Although, AP courses are much more difficult than regular courses which makes students wary of enrolling since the boost might not cover the grade deficiency. However, Bluntly speaking “a B in an AP course reveals more about your work ethic and desire for challenge than straight A grades in all regular level classes” (Morgan). Since, AP courses are rather difficult it takes a considerable amount of work to maintain a nice grade while in regular courses it’s possible to slip by with all A’s. Basically, colleges love to see how well students can handle these difficult courses since it’s a good indicator of their learning capabilities and ability to cope with stress. Allan Stewart, an AP microeconomics teacher, believes that “we need to be dynamic in what we offer students. They already receive a GPA boost, which is pretty substantial, but I try to emphasize the monetary value of the test, where $92 is much less that a several hundred or several thousand dollar course at a college.” As an economic teacher this is a logical standpoint in which almost anyone can see that receiving more than what’s put in is a wise decision. However, “[o]ne major drawback is that the classes' difficulty and workload take a large amount of time. This can often result in high levels of stress, especially if you are taking more than one AP course”