Advanced Placement

What is AP?

The College Board AP Program offers college-level courses and exams students can take prior to graduating from high school. Nearly all colleges and universities in the United States grant credit and/or placement for qualifying AP exam scores. 

According to College Board research, students who complete AP courses are:

• better prepared academically as they get familiar with college-level work before going to college
• more likely to specialize in stringent majors
• more likely to complete more college work in four (4) years
• found to perform slightly better than peers who did not take AP courses
• more likely to exercise leadership and development time management, critical thinking, and scholarly writing skills
• twice as likely to go into advanced study (Ph.D., medicine, law)

Although there is a cost for taking an AP exam, the cost is minimal compared to the average cost per credit hour/course at public or private universities. We encourage you to consider enrolling in one or more of the many NEISD AP courses which give you an opportunity to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. Enrollment in AP courses is open to all students that meet course prerequisites outlined in the high school course guide. See your counselor for more information.