AP Night at DSA

Mr. Justin Tucker

 Fast Facts about AP Courses

• A 2016 study from the nonprofit Progressive Policy Institute found that 86 percent of the
top 153 colleges and universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report limit credit for AP
exams.
• A SCORE OF 3, 4 OR 5 ON an Advanced Placement exam can earn high school students
valuable college credit or advanced standing in college courses. But to earn a high score,
students must first master a full academic year's worth of challenging class material.
 Pros and
Cons of AP
"For instance, having six AP courses is not perceived to be twice as impressive
as having three. Also, if the workload is heavy, which tends to be the case in
AP courses, this often takes a real toll on a student. The courses begin to take
the place of other important life activities such as college applications, sports,
socializing, part-time jobs, and self-reflection,"Kat Thomson, MCAT curriculum
manager

Manage your course load

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-01-03/how-to-determine-the-right-number-of-ap-classes-to-take
 Handling AP
(Advanced Pressure)

1. 1. Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help

2. Develop a Healthy and Realistic
Perspective and Outlook
3. Diversify Extracurricular Activities
4. Stay Active and Social
5. Practice Time-Management and
Prioritization
 Essential in successfully managing
Advanced Placement caseloads
• Utilize a planner
• Budget time to all your subjects

Time Consider your extracurricular

Management activities
• Do you play sports? Clubs? Arts
• Consider time for other activities apart
from schoolwork
• Time for personal hobbies
• Time to reflect on your progress
 AP Courses Offered

AP
AP English III AP United
Environmental AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Physics
and IV States History
Science

AP European AP World AP Spanish V

AP Psychology AP Calculus AP Statistics
History History and VI

AP Music
AP French V AP Art History AP Studio Art
Theory
 Questions?
We will take 3 minutes for questions

After that we would like for you to write any other questions down
along with your email address and we will follow up with you.
references
• https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-
policies/college/3635

• https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-01-0
3/how-to-determine-the-right-number-of-ap-classes-to-take

• https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/28/727509438/c
ollege-students-and-their-parents-face-a-campus-mental-health-epid
emic