What exactly is an "honours" class?

In my school, we our “honours” classes are called Accelerated, and basically you finish faster than the regular classes so you can take the AP classes/exam in the second half of your senior year. What is an “honours” class?

PS By the time my school gets us under way in AP courses, most of the applications would’ve been sent in (AP History begins, for example, in January of your senior year). So what happens there? Does it still count as you did an AP course, or is there some kind of alternate recognition for being on the path but not actually doing it yet?

<p>thats the same at my school i goto princeton high where do you go?</p>

<p>"HONORS" classes are classes in which usually brighter student take that have more challenging coursework.</p>

<p>At my son's school, honors classes at more challenging than regular college prep classes. Honors classes move at a faster pace and cover more material in more depth -- with more homework! -- although they are not considered as hard as AP classes. Generally you need an "A" plus a recommendation from the teacher of your previous class in that same subject area. (For example, you would need an A in English I to take Honors English II.)</p>

<p>At my school the classes are a lot lot harder then regular. In honors precalc you have to work amazingly hard to get a B. In regular, i could coast along and get 100.</p>

<p>I'm just curious if my school's Accelerated program is basically the same thing are your Honours classes. Our Accelerated courses do not give any more homework than regular classes, they just make you do everything faster. A project that would've normally been given 2 weeks to complete would be given a week, or less.</p>

<p>At our school, we don't really have honors class except for math. Other then that, we just have the AP Classes.</p>

<p>Jerod</p>

<p>A YO I THINK HONORS CLASSES R GOOD B/C DEY TRAIN U 2 WORK HARDER AND DEN DEY GET YO GPA UP AND IMPROVE YO WORK ETHIC AND TRAIN U 4 AP CLASSES, BESIDES DEY R NOT DAT MUCH HARDER THAN REGULAR CLASSES, BUT JUST PUT YA MIND TO IT, B/C AT MY SKOOL, IF U GET A D IN ANY PLUS CLASS, YO GPA WILL NOT GO UP WHICH I THINK SUX REALLY, BUT IF U FAIL DA CLASS, TAKE IT FA DA 2ND TYME ONLINE AND IT WILL REPLACE DA OLD GRADE AND BE EASIER B/C U TOOK IT ALREADY. BUT I TAKE STRAIGHT UP AP CLASSES 2 GET DA COLLEGE EDUMACATION AND GET MY GPA WAYYY UP.</p>

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