Hi
did anyone take APs before 9th grade i mean in Summer before freshmen year online if so from where
and how to register ,fo it
Why do you want to do that?
For high school credit you need to talk to your own high school first. They may not allow credits from anywhere before high school starts (in the fall not the summer before 9th grade), they may only allow select credits taken from the school district etc.
If you want to do it on your own the AP credit will not be used for college admission since they get scores after that. If it is for college help such as getting credit you won’t know that until after you accept a college and it is too soon to know that.
Why are you considering this?
- Six weeks, a typical length for a summer semester, isn't enough to cover the material in an AP class.
- The AP exams are only held in May. Therefore by the time the exam rolls around, not only will the material not be fresh in your mind, but you'll have other classes and commitments that will make it difficult to find time to self-study.
You might try an online high school. As @momtogirls2 said, however, you should talk to your own high school first to see what the ramifications might be. For example, some high schools won’t let you take the AP exam there if you didn’t take the AP class there. Also, they may not count an outside class in your GPA, and if you do well in an AP class, you’d certainly want that to count!
Edited to add: DD’s high school does not offer any AP, nor any honors classes, over the summer.
I took 2 AP exams the May before my freshman year. In terms of how, I was attending a K-12 school at the time, so I simply did the normal registration through the school. As @momtogirls2 noted, the exams won’t likely help with HS credit and, in my case, got me no college credit either.
If your school does not offer AP exams, the CB has pointers for registering:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/student-resource-finding-test-site-2018-19.pdf
Note, however, that if you are thinking about for this year, you are well past the deadline.
CollegeBoard has a policy which states that courses offered in middle school cannot be labeled as AP. You can only take AP classes as early as 9th grade. There is one exception to this policy, being the AP world language and culture courses.
So basically, the AP Course Audit will only renew or authorize courses that are offered exclusively in grades 9 to 12, with the exception of AP world language and culture courses.
@murphy10 In the spirit of answering your question the way you asked it, it is possible for a 9th grader to take accredited AP classes during the summer through the John Hopkins CYT program: https://cty.jhu.edu/online/courses/advanced_placement/index.html A qualifying score on a standardized test, like the SAT, is required for registration.
But this is completely theoretical. As they say themselves, credit would have to come from the HS itself, and this will probably almost never be granted. Apart from that, this really would not be a good or reasonable plan for most rising 9th graders.
That’s not accurate. AP courses cannot be offered as part of the MS curriculum, with the exception of world language courses, as noted. However, in accordance with school/district policy, an 8th grader can take an AP class at the HS. The CB has no jurisdiction on how a school/district allows registration to a HS course.
Admittedly, this will only impact very very few students, and the OP has given no indication that s/he is among this group.
Assuming you have the skills and aptitude for college level work, another possibility is to sign up for a class at a local college over the summer.
When it comes time for college admissions, one of the main things that admissions officers look for is the ability to excel at college. Few things demonstrate that better than, well, excelling at college courses.
One thing to consider is that certain graduate professional programs (Law school, Med school, etc.,) consider all college course work, even college courses taken while in high school, when calculating your GPA for admissions.
Some kids are suuuuper smart.
Some kids are regular smart.
How do you know which you are? Start off with honor and see how it goes.
If very very well, then add your APs.
I read stories of kids who take AP Bio as a freshman and are getting Cs…and I say “of course! you should have taken Honors Bio first and then AP Bio later.”
If you dont do well, colleges don’t care when you take a course.