<p>in my school, people must be recommended by teachers to be in AP or Honors classes. therefore, peopel who are interested in the course but are deemed incapable/don't fit the "rubric" by the teachers are rejected. The rejects must then go through an appeal process. Are any other schools like this? I'm curious, becuase in a lot of the other schools I've been to, the students have an option whether or not to take more advanced courses and are even encouraged to take them, instead of outright denying their deicision to take such a course.</p>
<p>my school just bases it on previous grades
but they won't let you take the AP test unless you are enrolled in the class, you have to get teacher permission if you want to do that.</p>
<p>My school (for Honors, we're a junior high school) bases it on a) recommendations and b) being GATE (gifted and talented education, I think) identified. The latter is like automatically being enrolled in the Honors class (math, English, or science) by checking the specific box for that class on the course registration form.</p>
<p>Mine has a few grade/course pre-requisites and teacher recommendations.... but those are really just a cover-up for the fact that the parents have ALL the power in our school system. Even if a teacher doesn't recommend a kid for a class, if a parent wants the kid in it, the kid will be put in it.</p>
<p>yeah my school is like that jbistek6</p>
<p>My school has no restrictions...</p>
<p>Most AP classes at our school have a summer project, and a test during the first week of school that is a "culling of the herd" so to speak, so the class ends up only having students that deserve to be there. I assume that if you are cut you still have a self-study option though...</p>
<p>Ugh my class also believes in this...</p>
<p>90 in honors to go to honors next year//all three terms
93 in regular to go into honors next year//all three terms </p>
<p>& need an 85+ on final and midterm for both.</p>
<p>It's really stupid because if you get 100 100 89 then you're out. I think it should be at least an average. Plus, my school's really inflexible about like deaths in the family,</p>
<p>at my old school u had to be in the honors program already, or get teacher signature 4 APs.... but lots of ppl either get a parent letter to override it, or they just sign up 4 it, since the school doesn't really check on this kind of thing.</p>
<p>my school needs signatures from former teachers. but i got into ROP (needs signature), spanish 3 (needs signature), and physics (needs signature), without signatures. but they didnt let me into honors.</p>
<p>now i have to go to my english teacher and my old history teacher and kiss their asses tomorrow. fun.</p>
<p>my school let's students sign up or be recommended for the first class (i.e. Adv. Eng. I), but every advanced class after that is based on your grade in the previous year's class.</p>
<p>Haha, my school doesn't really care who takes AP classes. Anyone can sign up for an AP class, unless his/her GPA is REALLY bad. No signatures are required either.</p>
<p>Our school requires a signature for most AP classes and the teacher will always sign it. Even if you've never taken a regular/honors class of that subject.</p>
<p>My school is like this. I do not see the point. I think it is just because they want to say "95% of our students recieved a 5 on their AP exams" They should care more about educating the students and providing them with opportunities. </p>
<p>My math teacher would not allow me to take Calc BC so I appealed, and the principal said "Well, your teacher knows best..." So, I paid to take the class online at my parent's expense. I am now in the process of getting the school to pay for my class since it was their fault I had to take it. It cost $500.</p>
<p>It was like in Middle School - I didn't even know what GTs were. But my teachers recommended me and well I was High School courses without even knowing it!</p>
<p>But High School is different (this actually isn't my home school). With County, State and IB Requirements (and the Principle's Preferences) we have a pretty fixed schedule.</p>
<p>most of my school's classes require just basic prereqs.
we take a placement exam when we get accepted to the school, so based on how well you do on that, that's where your placed in things like english, science, and social science.
for honors classes, which we don't offer many other than honors english 9 and 10, honors algebra 2, and other "advanced" non ap art classes.
we do offer over 20 APs though, so that's why there aren't many honors as our school likes to give people the opportunity to take AP.
prereq for all APs is a 3.5 GPA means you automatically get into it assuming you meet other prereqs, like the correct math sequence or calculus for physics, etc.
below a 3.5 means you go to the department chair and ask. some are very nice and will allow you to take APs even with as low as a 2.8. kids who want to take APs with a 2.8 are normally limited to AP history and AP english, because these are the nice chairs, but they still get the opportunity to take them.</p>
<p>My friend and I had to go through this to get into honors English. First we had to take a test to get into the class but none of the 20 people who took the test got in and it was a freaking essay test that was all opinion. Then I did not press getting into the honors class anymore because I got accepted to a very difficult prep school so it did not matter for me, but my friend ended up having to have his parents call the school and talk to the principle until they finally let him in.</p>
<p>Some of the posts I have read reflect the sheer rediculousness of such policies. I think students who have a passion and show an interest for a AP/honors course should not be outright denied. It ultimately restricts the desire to learn on a higher level. moreover, something with my schools system must be wrong, because half the people who take the AP tests get below 3's. :/</p>