advanced placement
1, most schools will be divided into regular courses (American-high integration courses) +AP courses. The integration courses of American higher education in different schools will be slightly different.
2. There are more than 40 AP courses in the United States, which are much less in China and more reasonable. For example: statistics, calculus, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, psychology, world history, American history, minority languages, etc.
AP course selection skills
1, highlight academic ability and do what you can.
The starting point of preparing AP is to highlight academic ability and academic ability in application. AP test scores are to prove that students can easily master AP courses in universities on the basis of basic middle school learning ability. If you put the cart before the horse, you will lose more than you gain.
2. Combine your interests and highlight your advantages.
Candidates choose AP courses according to their own interests. That is, find the subjects you are good at and make a choice.
If students do well in science such as mathematics, they can choose to take courses such as calculus to examine their mathematical operations.
If students have hobbies related to economy and finance, they can choose to enroll in microeconomics and macroeconomics courses.
If students have studied history or literature at school, they can also choose American history or world history to register.
3, according to the needs of the discipline, choose as needed.
The AP course covers the main disciplines of the university, and candidates can choose suitable courses in combination with future disciplines. On the one hand, you can get credit in AP exam, on the other hand, you can lay a solid foundation for college study.