Advanced
   Placement
     Program

 Advanced Placement (AP) is a program of college level classes and exams that gives bright, motivated students the opportunity to earn credit or advanced placement for college while they are still in high school. AP courses and exams represent the beginning of the journey through college level academic challenges. The work students do in AP courses helps develop skills and study habits that will be vital in college. Naperville North High School offers AP courses in many subject areas for students who are prepared to meet that challenge

The following tests are available through the AP Program:

Art History Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Computer Science A Computer Science AB Macroeconomics Microeconomics English Language English Literature

Environmental Science European History French Language French Literature German Language Comparative Gov't & Politics U.S. Gov't & Politics Human Geography Latin Literature Latin: Virgil

Music Theory Physics B Physics C Psychology Spanish Language Spanish Literature Statistics Studio Art U.S. History World History

The vast majority of colleges and universities in the United States grant academic credit or advanced placement to incoming students with qualifying AP grades on the exams. Each college decides which AP exam grades it will accept in return for credit or advanced placement. It is the student's responsibility to learn about the specific policy that individual colleges may have regarding each of these exams. The college admissions office is the appropriate place to call or write for information. This information may also be published in the college catalog or on the college web-site.

The AP examinations are administered in early May each year. Registration for these tests is done in March through the Guidance Office and the classroom teachers of the AP classes. Booklets describing the program in detail are available to all students prior to the registration period. The cost is $83.00 per test for 2007. A firm commitment and payment is required at registration as a test is purchased for each student who wants to take the exam.

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