This document discusses the value and benefits of attending high school and college. It notes that high school helps develop skills and choose a career path, while college can increase earning potential with degrees paying more than those without. The document also outlines the Advanced Placement (AP) program offerings at Baldwin High School and benefits of taking challenging AP classes and exams for college preparation and credit.

1. By Kieran Bhattacharya
Senior Project 2013

2. Why should you even have to go
to high school?
 Increase general knowledge.
 Strengthen social skills.
 Develop work ethic.
 Choose career path.
 Prepare for college.

3. The value of your education
 Only 58% of children in the
world have access to any form of
secondary education.
 The United States spends
around $11,600 per student,
more than any other country.
 Total expenditure on education:
$820.6 Billion, or 5% of GDP.

4. Completing high school
 National public school
graduation rate: 84.5%.
 Hawaii public school
graduation rate: 89.5%
 Baldwin High School’s
graduation rate: 84%

5. Attending college
 Nationally, 68% of high school
graduates, or 57% of all high
school students, attend a
university or collegiate
program.
 In Hawaii, 53% of high school
students attend a two or four
year university.

6. The price of a college degree
 Private university cost of
attendance: $39,800/yr
 Public university cost of
attendance: $20,100/yr
 University of Hawaii at
Manoa: $22,325/yr

7. But wait, there’s more
 Since 1986, the overall
inflation rate has risen
115.06%. (*2.15)
 Yet, the average
collegiate cost of
attendance has soared
498.31%. (*5.98)
 CPI-U: 1.017
 Tuition: 1.048

8. 4-Year Bachelor Graduation Rates
First-Year 4 Year 6 Year
Retention Graduation Graduation
Public 79.1 31.0 57.3
Univeristies
Private 78.2 51.1 64.6
Univeristies
Community 60.0 N/A 12.2
Colleges
University of 79.1 17.2 55.0
Hawaii at Manoa
Total 77.1 40.4 55.5

9. Education pays

10. Bachelor degree salaries
Undergraduate Major Starting Median Mid-Career Median
Salary Salary
Chemical Engineering $63,200.00 $107,000.00
Electrical Engineering $60,900.00 $103,000.00
Computer Science $55,900.00 $95,500.00
Math $45,400.00 $92,400.00
Finance $47,900.00 $88,300.00
Nursing $54,200.00 $67,000.00
Biology $38,800.00 $64,800.00
English $38,000.00 $64,700.00
Music $35,900.00 $55,000.00

11. Professional Degree Salaries
Professional Degree Median Salary
Medical Doctor (MD) $225,000
Juris Doctor (JD) $113,000
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) $99,000
Doctorate Degree $94,000

12. The AP Program
 Created in 1955 by the
Collegeboard, the same
organization who administers
the SAT Reasoning Test.
 Designed to “Offer standardized
courses to high school students
generally recognized to be
equivalent to undergraduate
courses in college.”

13. Benefits of AP classes
 Scholarships – 31% of
universities consider students’
AP coursework when
determining scholarship
distribution.
 Weighted GPA – AP grades are
recorded on a curve, allowing
students to transcend a 4.0
GPA.

14. Benefits of AP classes
 Class rank – Taking and
succeeding in multiple AP
classes can significantly
increase one’s GPA, raising
their class rank, which is an
extremely important
component in admissions
for competitive universities
and scholarships.

15. AP Exams
 Students who complete a
year-long AP class take a
corresponding AP exam.
 These culminating,
standardized exams are
administered by the
CollegeBoard.
 Scoring is scaled from 1 to 5.
 A score of 3 typically yields
some college credit.

16. AP Exam Score Credits
Exam Minimum Score UH Manoa Credit
Biology 4 6 credits for BIOL 171 &
172 (w/ waiver from labs)
Chemistry 3 3 credits from CHEM 151
English Lang/Comp 4 3 credits from ENG 100
English Lit/Comp 4 3 credits from ENG 100
European History 4 6 credits from HIST 231
Calculus AB 5 4 credits for MATH 241

17. How “hard” are AP classes?
 AP classes are generally
more demanding and
time-consuming than non-
AP classes.
 AP course curricula are
designed to mirror those of
actual undergraduate
courses, so completing
more AP classes will more
aptly prepare students for
college.

18. AP classes and college graduation
4-Year graduation (%) 5-Year Graduation (%)
Students with no
involvement in AP
40.4 52.3
classes
Students who had
completed at least 2 AP
63.2 77.2
classes and Passed
AP Exams.

19. How “hard” are AP Exams?
 AP exams are designed to
emulate those of college final
exams.
 AP exams are challenging and
thorough, as they entail virtually
all content taught in the course.
 Because college courses put a
stronger emphasis on
culminating tests, AP exams are
great preparation for collegiate
atmospheres.

20. AP Exams and College GPA
AP Exam Passed (3+) Average GPA higher non-
AP student
Calculus AB 0.63
AP English 0.59
Literature/Language and
Composition
AP European History 0.46

21. Other important exams
 PSAT/NMSQT
 SAT Reasoning Test
 SAT II Subject Tests
 ACT
 TOEFL
 AMC 10 and 12
 Chemistry Olympiad
 Biology Olympiad

22. What AP exams do BHS offer?
 Biology
 Calculus AB
 Chemistry
 English Language
 English Literature
 European History
 Studio Art (2D, 3D, and Drawing)

23. AP Biology
Teacher Ms. Krieg 5 19.4%
Year JR/SR 4 16.9%
Average 15 3 14.3%
Class Size
Mod No 2 14.6%
Period 1 1 34.8%

24. AP Calculus AB
Teacher Ms. 5 24.9%
Tamashiro
Year JR/SR 4 16.9%
Average 20 3 17.3%
Class Size
Mod Yes (with 2 10.3%
Physics)
Period 3 1 30.6%

25. AP Chemistry
Teacher Ms. Oshiro 5 17.0%
Year SR 4 18.4%
Average 25 3 19.5%
Class Size
Mod No 2 14.6%
Period 1 1 30.4%

26. AP English Language and Compisition
Teacher Ms. Taguchi 5 10.9%
Year JR 4 20.2%
Average 30 3 28.9%
Class Size
Mod Yes (History/ 2 28.0%
Part.Democ)
Period 1/2/3 1 11.3%

27. AP English Literature and Composition
Teacher Ms. Taguchi 5 8.3%
Year SR 4 18.0%
Average 30 3 30.4%
Class Size
Mod Yes (AP 2 32.3%
Euro)
Period 1/2/3 1 11.1%

28. AP European History
Teacher Mr. Clarke 5 10.6%
Year SR 4 18.7%
Average 25 3 35.5%
Class Size
Mod Yes (AP 2 11.6%
English)
Period 1/2/3 1 23.6%

29. Is that all? What if I am not challenged?
 You are allowed to take an
AP exam without actually
taking the course.
 Colleges award college credit
regardless of whether or not
you take a high school
course.
 You can either “self-study” or
take online courses.
 Neither affect your high
school GPA.

30. Is that all? What if I am not challenged?
 Recommended AP
Exams for self-study:
 Calculus BC
 Environmental Science
 Psychology
 Statistics
 US Government and
Politics

31. Is that all? What if I am not challenged?
 Contact testing
coordinators of other
schools as early as possible.
 Start studying at least 6
weeks in advance.
 Use prep books (e.g.
Barron, Princeton Review,
Kaplan)

32. For more information
 [MY WEBSITE]
 Collegeboard.org
 Talk.collegeconfidential.com
 Collegedata.com