<p>I’ve read Collegeboard was considering adding AP Accounting, and AP Russian was supposed to be out this year, i believe there was a practice run or something like it last year, haven’t heard much else about it though. Hopefully i’ll be able to sign up for it next year.</p>
<p>AP Accounting? Nice. Why not do AP Business Management or something for students who want to study Business?</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about having AP World Lit, as a complement to AP English Lit. It would be in the structure of the AP English Lit test, but it would focus on French, Russian, Spanish, and other world literature. Student who are taking AP English Lit can double up taking both the English Lit and World Lit exams and vice versa.</p>
<p>AP Game Theory! Has applications in economics, military history, computer science, and REAL LIFE!</p>
<p>I would LOVE an AP Astronomy class, an AP Philosophy class, and possibly an AP Arabic class. That being said, I think there’s also a case for a class like “AP Life” or “AP Anti-Procrastinating.” Or AP Health and Physical Fitness (Nutrition??).</p>
<p>I’m actually shocked that there isn’t already an AP Philosophy test. There’s so much material, and there are so many interesting ways to do that class.</p>
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<p>I would love to have an AP World Literature test, too. :D</p>
<p>Good point, potragent, but I still believe that if a score of 6 were added, teachers across the nation would adjust. The BEST AP teachers today still ONLY teach what is needed for the 5. I would place BIG money that the top 10% students in classes where the instructor is an excellent AP teacher (avg score of >~4) get 90% easily.</p>
<p>In my AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C (both pretty tedious and relatively difficult exams), I happen to have great teachers who know how to teach for AP. In the calculus BC, I would bet at least 1/3 of all the students get higher than 80% (which is a 6), and the top students get 90% or better. For Physics, it’s different as physics is definitely difficult. But in my class of <20, 3 students get higher than 90%. </p>
<p>It’s simple. For the class, the teachers just have to test students on actual AP styled questions, like my classes. In my BC & Physics classes, all of our tests are AP styled questions BUT they don’t get graded AP style. So for example, in my Calculus BC class, every test is literally a concentrated AP exam on one topic, but when it gets graded, it gets graded like an actual exam. No weighting or curving, you miss 10/100 questions, you’re at 90%. The class average for typical tests in the class is probably about 85%. That means the majority of students technically are consistently getting 6’s. It’s not a far stretch by ANY means. It only comes down to the instructor, and if they know how to teach AP.</p>
<p>I vote up AP Accounting and AP Business Management, though the latter might be more fitted for actual college kids. </p>
<p>Also, AP Speech (though it’d be very subjective), and as some have said, AP Sociology</p>
<p>The wide margin of curving is only implemented because there are so many students out there who take the course simply for AP status or GPA booster, but when they take the exam they just doodle around and don’t really care because they are not looking to use the credit. This in turn increases the curving, since CollegeBoard likes to give out relatively the same amount of 5:4:3:2:1 every year. That’s the MAIN reason why curving is so large on AP. AP exams are not difficult by any means. </p>
<p>In my HONEST opinion, a 5 in AP Chemistry would not suffice for the general chemistry class at a top ranked university, like UVa for example. Nor would a 5 in Calculus AB/BC. A 5 on the Micro/Macro exams DEFINITELY should not qualify for credit at prestigious universities, IMO. Getting a 50% on the macroeconomics exam could be achieve without ever having learned the subject, using only common sense and knowledge gained through life.</p>
<p>they were considering ap geology i think.
ap anatomy sounds cool. ap world lit sounds be great as well
ap film history would be ridiculously awesome ;D
ap journalism? O_o
ap life? :D</p>
<p>AP Study Hall</p>
<p>AP Anatomy definitely sounds cool. </p>
<p>There should be AP astronomy also.</p>
<p>Maybe an AP Sign Language to go with the language APs. You would send in a videotape filmed by the proctor.</p>
<p>We should compile a list and maybe collegeboard will see it (though I seriously doubt it).</p>
<p>About the AP Accounting thing, my school is making a “College Accounting Class” next year. They say they’ll turn it into an AP class the year after that when the CollegeBoard makes it official…so it sounds like it’s coming soon.</p>
<p>I don’t know if these were already said but I would like to add some to the list.</p>
<p>AP Neuroscience, AP Chinese History, AP Korean (since there is the subject test for Korean language), and AP Textile Design.</p>
<p>AP Military Strategy, AP Investment, AP Ancient History</p>
<p>Definitely agree with the AP Neuroscience one as well. </p>
<p>AP Chinese History could go with AP Asian History…</p>
<p>Lol. I had lots of extra time on the AP Chem test and wrote in my MC book (though they’ll never read it): </p>
<p>“Dear College Board,
Please make AP Organic Chemistry a class.
Love,
Student”</p>
<p>AP Sociology
AP Anthropology
AP Health Sciences <- Favorite One!</p>