<p>For the Seniors at our school, if they want to take AP English Lit and Comp, they must apply. Though I do see it as necessary, it's kind of lame to think that we've been at this school for three years and the English department doesn't know it's students well enough to say "Yes, you may take it" or "No, you may not"</p>
<p>What AP classes require application at your school? Is it necessary?</p>
<p>You need at least a 92% in the year before such as you need a 92 in Precalc to take calc BC.</p>
<p>AP Lit you need to write an essay to get in</p>
<p>AP Phy C has a lot of preq. teachers have to verify you can do it</p>
<p>ah, our schools are slightly opposite</p>
<p>AP Calc is easier to get into, just need a B+ average in Precalc</p>
<p>whereas AP Lit is harder: we need teacher recommendations, a take home essay, and a timed in-class essay.</p>
<p>There are no recommendations, no prerequisites, or the like for getting into AP classes at my school. Heck, there was a girl with a 390 on her SAT math section in AP Calculus AB. I could have sworn we had illiterate folks in AP US History. Gotta love quantity over quality!</p>
<p>AP English requires an essay and recommendations, AP Bio requires some kind of application. Others just require certain grades in prerequisites.</p>
<p>at my school you have to apply for every ap.. and if you're in reg class now, and you want to bump up to honors, you need to apply too</p>
<p>Wow that's weird, at my school you can go into whatever class you want, they just say that if you go into a class you are not recommended for then you won't be able to switch out at all.</p>
<p>At our school, you need an A or A+ average, departmental approval (which is really just a teacher signature), and an entrance test or essay.</p>
<p>eh.. theres some sort of official protocol here but if you want to jump ahead you only need a recommendation (except for history APs and honors english [not ap] there are required projects)</p>
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Heck, there was a girl with a 390 on her SAT math section in AP Calculus AB. I could have sworn we had illiterate folks in AP US History.
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wow, i don't think iv'e ever seen that number before used as an SAT score</p>
<p>It depends on the course for us:
History/English/Social Studies APs: Entrance exam, teacher recommendations, a in previous honors or b in previous AP course</p>
<p>Science APs: Prereqs (b+ in honors course of the same science, b+ in required math course), Teacher recommendation</p>
<p>Math APs: Well, we test into math tracks in fifth and sixth grade, which determines whether you have the chance to take math APs at all. Then if you test well in fifth/sixth grade you need an A in pre-calc for BC, B for AB, and a C for "regular" calc. For stat, you need a B in pre-calc and either b in calculus or concurrent enrollment in an AP calc. Then you still need teacher recommendation.</p>
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Well, we test into math tracks in fifth and sixth grade, which determines whether you have the chance to take math APs at all.
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...whoa that's pretty horrible...................i would have failed that</p>
<p>We don't have applications for any AP classes. We do have to have teachers sign our choices for next year in the fields they teach (e.g., last year when I signed up for AP Calc AB I had my Precalc teacher sign the sheet), but teachers will pretty much sign whatever you put in front of them. They might argue with you a little on your choices or give you an opinion, but they won't override you. </p>
<p>We do have to apply to the local community college if we want to take College English or College Calculus, though. (The teacher from the college comes here, but is affiliated with them.)</p>
<p>my school has a recommendation and grades process...</p>
<p>basically, you must have the grades, then you have to get a teacher to say you're good for the course. </p>
<p>i think it's personally stupid that they restrict people from taking harder classes because they are 1-2 points off the "standard"..</p>
<p>The AP English's at my school require that you take a multiple choice test and write an essay (stupid considering we've been doing that for 2 years..).</p>
<p>Some of the other AP classes have pre reqs but I've already done them all so I'm good to go.</p>
<p>to get into an AP at my school, you need a B or higher in the honor course of the subject or you need an A in a regular course.</p>
<p>At my school, you have to apply for AP European History (sucks for the professor: there are like 60 students taking HUSH last year, and all of them are qualified for AP Euro). For AP French and Spanish, you have to have an interview in that language with the AP teacher. As for the rest, you just need to be recommended for the class (but your parents can override you into said classes without permission).</p>
<p>Not necessary at my school. Anyone can sign up for any AP class. No signatures/approval required. =]</p>
<p>Nah. Not even prereq classes. Well there are, but they're more recommendations than requirements.</p>
<p>But most people know better than to take AP classes in their weak subjects.</p>
<p>No requirements for any of the AP's...</p>
<p>3 AP's are required sophmore year even...</p>