<p>Greetings. I'm a Junior at my local public high school, and I'm one of a group of ten that is interested in starting an AP Italian class at my school.</p>
<p>All ten of us are very competent students, multiple AP's, have taken Italian for the past 5 years, and we have a really excellent Italian teacher who is willing to put in all the work required to teach us the material.</p>
<p>However, the administration does not think that it is a good idea to take an AP exam that has never been offered before. In fact, they've just about flat-out told us that we can't do AP Italian.</p>
<p>I've got to the Language director and the school Principal already, who told me in a rather indirect way that it's not happening. Tomorrow, I am going to try speaking with the Assistant to the Superintendant, who is a family friend of mine, to get this class put in.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of what to say, or any further information other than what is posted on the college board about the AP Italian course and exam.</p>
<p>you may not be able to get it as one of your classes, but I'm fairly sure the school HAS to order the AP exams for you if you ask it to, and pay for them, so you might be able to set up something with that teacher outside of school, or self study, and then take the exam.</p>
<p>Good luck! I didn't know there even was an Italian exam.</p>
<p>Yeah, AP Italian will be offered next year. If they don't let you take the class, then take Italian at a CC near by or a Uni if possible. Or you could just meet after school with the teacher and take the test at another school. If you've taken the SAT II, and have done well (650+), then you should be in good shape for the AP exam next year. G'luck persuading them.</p>
<p>mekrob have u taken the sat II in itlian, i did and did pretty badly 650, 40%, shesh, i thought i would do much better, hoping 700+, eventhough ive take 2 years of italian (once a week outside of school, and immerision course over summer)</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear that your school has decided not to offer AP Italian as a class. My school on the other hand has decided to offer the class. Our Italian teacher is fantastic and by the look of things, it's going to be one of those popular classes because the thing is that we've known each other for four years.</p>
<p>Anyway, I don't understand why your school refuses to offer such an excellent class. Sure, more likely, there won't be books out there that are geared specifically for AP Italian, but the book we are using right now for Italian IV is by Branciforte and Grassi (Parliamo Italian, 2nd edition), so if the problem is which book to use, you should advise ur principal to order these books. Otherwise, I think you should give a petition: show your principal who is interested in this class and get your teachers involved. In bocca al lupe!</p>