Testimonials
The Value of Advanced Placement™ Exams & Courses
"College entrance exams reveal that young people who take challenging classes, such as Advanced Placement courses, perform better than their peers regardless of their family or financial background"
—Rod Paige
United States Secretary of Education
"AP courses more and more are becoming factors in [college] admissions decisions, so if the student does not have access to an AP course, there’s an equity issue there."
—Kay Wilson
Education Manager, K-12 Services
Southwest Region The College Board
"We prefer AP-level work and accord such work more weight in our evaluation of the curriculum an applicant has chosen."
—Tony Strickland
Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"If students avoid challenges in their course selection, they’re probably not going to be good candidates, no matter what their grades, test scores, or extracurricular activities are."
—Michael Behnke
Director of Admissions 1985-1997
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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