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- 1. Trevor Packer, Head of the AP Program, College Board
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- 3. 3 Arts • Art History • Music Theory • 2-D Art and Design • 3-D Art and Design • Drawing English • English Language and Composition • English Literature and Composition History & Social Sciences • Comparative Government & Politics • European History • Human Geography • Macroeconomics • Microeconomics • Psychology • U.S. Government & Politics • U.S. History • World History Math & Computer Science • Calculus AB • Calculus BC • Computer Science A • Computer Science Principles • Statistics Interdisciplinary (Capstone) • Research • Seminar Sciences • Biology • Chemistry • Environmental Science • Physics 1 • Physics 2 • Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism • Physics C: Mechanics World Languages & Cultures • Chinese Language and Culture • French Language and Culture • German Language and Culture • Italian Language and Culture • Japanese Language and Culture • Latin • Spanish Language and Culture • Spanish Literature and Culture
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- 6. 6 College admission U.S. public colleges and universities • More selective: 100% • Less selective: 86% U.S. private colleges and universities • More selective: 89% • Less selective: 94% What percentage consider AP course participation when deciding?
- 7. 7 AP and College Completion • Research shows the biggest boost in college grades and on-time degree completion comes from moving a student from 0 to 1 AP and from 1 to 2 APs. Introducing students to the rigors of AP courses is strongly associated with future college success and is associated with the largest return on college outcomes. • Taking and performing well on more than 4 to 6 AP Exams does not markedly alter first-year college grades and four-year degree completion. Source: Studying the Benefits of Taking APs: Relationships Between the Number of APs, AP Performance, and College Outcomes. (Beard, Hsu, Ewing, and Godfrey, 2018) Notes: Solid lines denote that the estimate for a given number of AP exams is statistically significant from the estimate for one fewer AP exam. Dotted lines denote that these estimates are not statistically different from each other. 0.42 0.47 0.5 0.52 0.53 0.55 0.55 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0 APs 1 2 3 4 5 6 PredictedFour-YearBAAttainment Number of AP Exams Scoring 3+
- 8. 8 “‘From students in high school all the way to the president’s desk.’ How a government class fought for the release of unsolved FBI civil rights case files.” —Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 2019
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- 12. 1212 “[Adis] Kukuljac developed the first three-dimensional model of a protein named KPC- 3…The model will be uploaded to a database that researchers worldwide can use to create antibiotics.” - Gail Diederich, Tampa Bay Times, 2018
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- 14. 14 In the 2019-20 school year, new processes and resources are coming to all AP classrooms to help more students earn college credit.
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- 16. 16 My AP Students who log into AP Student will have a new personalized homepage
- 19. 19 Joining an AP Class Section For more information, visit: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/joining-your-ap-class-section-students.pdf SIGN IN Sign in to myap.collegeboard.org using your College Board student account login. This is the same login you use to access your AP scores, PSAT/NMSQT® scores, or register for the SAT ®. If you don’t have a student account, click the Sign up link. JOIN A COURSE Click the Join a Course or Exam button. Before you do this, make sure you have the join code from your teacher. You’ll need it to join a class section. 1 2
- 20. 20 Joining an AP Class Section For more information, visit: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/joining-your-ap-class-section-students.pdf SUBMIT YOUR JOIN CODE Enter the join code your teacher gave you and click Submit. VERIFY COURSE INFORMATION Make sure the information that comes up is for the course you're taking. If it is, click Yes. 3 4
- 21. 21 Joining an AP Class Section For more information, visit: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/joining-your-ap-class-section-students.pdf FILL OUT REGISTRATION INFORMATION The first time you enroll in an AP course in My AP, you’ll need to fill out some registration information. It’s important to provide accurate information. You only have to do this once. CONGRATULATIONS You’re enrolled in your AP course. 5 6
- 22. 22 College Board Account Tips • All students need a College Board account to join their AP class, receive assignments from their teacher, and register for AP Exams. • Students can sign up at collegeboard.org/register if they have not done so already; this is the same account students use to access PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, and the College Board Opportunity Scholarships. • If a student forgets their username or password, “Forgot password” assistance is available at myap.collegeboard.org. • Parents should not create an account on behalf of their students.For more information, visit: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/joinin g-your-ap-class-section-students.pdf
- 23. Jessica Watson, AP U.S. History and AP Seminar teacher, Amarillo High School, TX
- 24. 24 Q&A Please submit your questions in the “Ask a Question” module on the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.
- 25. 25 More Resources More Information for Parents collegeboard.org/parents AP Outreach Materials collegeboard.org/ap-tools College Search https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search Financial Aid 101 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/financial-aid PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10, PSAT/NMSQT https://psat.org
- 26. Thank you.