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<p>...you are attending or have attended a school that offers AP courses for the sake of simply having them.</p>

<p><em>raises hand</em></p>

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<p>That would be my school. :p</p>

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<p><em>raises two hands</em></p>

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<p>“…you are attending or have attended a school that offers AP courses for the sake of simply having them.”</p>

<p>???</p>

<p>Do some schools have some incentive to offer them other for the sake of having them?</p>

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<p>^ Yes, some schools pride themselves on a little thing called pass rates. :stuck_out_tongue:
I know that school evaluations in my state now include the upper echelon of kids [and AP exam pass rates] to combat this problem. However, it’s a lag effect. A lot of APs are offered which have very low pass rates… :S</p>

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<p>“^ Yes, some schools pride themselves on a little thing called pass rates.”</p>

<p>If that’s the thing a school will pride itself on, why have any APs other than AP Psych or AP Environmental Science?</p>

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<p>Basically, I’m talking about schools that offer AP courses, but lag or fail in leaving the proper curriculum material for its students.</p>

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<p>Oh, well, I think my school was pretty good about covering AP material, except in Languages. Foreign language at my school was really bad.</p>

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In my state’s case, it wouldn’t capture nearly as many students who would be attracted to taking an AP course. More students means more chances of moving up the ranks as pass rates go up [different kids hold different interests and, as such, tend to focus more or less on certain APs] as a whole.
Also, I think that department heads at certain schools would begin to wonder why AP classes aren’t being mandated in their own respective departments. It’s a privilege [and a relief] to teach AP kids in high school for the teachers, remember.</p>

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<p>No lol. My school offers a decent amount of AP classes and they all have great curriculums…</p>

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<p><em>Raises Hand</em></p>

<p>And they can’t teach them well at all. We’re IB people trying to teach AP. Pretty fail.</p>

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<p>is this a thread for people taking AP courses just to get into university?</p>

<p>im the opposite way. im taking AP compsci online because i want to know more about data structures and algorithms. taking ap stats just for the challenge (which apparently is nonexistant)</p>

<p>i was talking to next years stat teacher (who coincidentally teaches AP Calc BC so ill have him for 2 years in a row). our conversation went like this:</p>

<p>Me: Hey, I’m taking your class next year.
Teacher: Welcome to the jungle.</p>

<p>i was like o_O</p>

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<p>However, I take them because I’m interested and want to learn them.</p>

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<p>i mean there are a few teachers at my school that are absolutely pitiful. honestly, i could have done better on the statistics exam if i just ignored everything my teacher said and just read the textbook. but overall, my school’s got a decent rep when it comes to boasting pass rates.</p>

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<p>We have them because it means more money for the superintendent of schools. See this post for WAY more detail than you ever wanted to know about my school district’s scheme: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/926834-can-schools-fire-ap-teachers-who-have-ridiculously-low-passing-rates-2.html#post1064853865[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/926834-can-schools-fire-ap-teachers-who-have-ridiculously-low-passing-rates-2.html#post1064853865&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My school probably has few AP classes compared to your schools (no AP science classes, for example), but we have pretty good passing rates on the APs we have. Except for the English APs.</p>