<p>GayGuyOnCampus,I had the exact same situation only in my case it was that I had done poorly freshman year in History but had was top in history sophmore year, I also was not in honors English as well. I was so thrilled to get into AP U.S. STLFan2003, maybe you could ask your teacher how well everyone did without naming names.</p>
<p>Wow, my school's a lot different. Anyone can take the class, and anyone can take the exam. The exam is free for anyone that has above an F for both semesters, but that's why we get lower ap averages. We still have a pretty high average though, compared to others:D</p>
<p>My school, anyone can join and ruin their average if they want. The history AP classes are insane! Only a few people in our class take it because if you take it you lose life for a year:) For any other class 'cept for calc BC anyone can join any AP.
We have a really high AP average. Last year over 65% of the people who took the Euro History test scored a 5.</p>
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You don't get AP credit. I think they make it honors, and don't weight it.</p>
<p>my school has a very liberal AP curriculum. Basically anyone who wants to take the class is allowed in, so there are like 100+ students in AP US, 110+ in AP Lang, 90+ in Euro, etc. with abysmal AP exam performance, like 20-30% pass rates.</p>
<p>At my school you have to apply with essays and teacher recs. Last year lot's of really smart people were rejected, buy they could appeal</p>
<p>All you have to do at my school is get a B or better in the prerequisite class... and some require the teacher's approval.</p>
<p>When I was entering 9th grade, I had to take a test to be accepted into Honors 9th English, but after that it's just a matter of keeping a B or better to progress to the next grade level of Honors, then AP. (You have to have an A in regular English plus teacher permission to get from regular to Honors.)</p>
<p>There's a push to let everyone into Honors. I think that's crazy and couldn't honestly help anybody.</p>
<p>At our school to take an AP class:</p>
<p>a) You can't be a freshman
b) Whatever you're taking can't conflict with the required classes for your "track" or "program."</p>
<p>We don't have any requirements beyond that, which is probably why we're well-ranked in terms of numbers of APs taken.</p>