AP is the abbreviation of Advanced Placement, and Chinese is generally translated into American college preparatory course and American college preparatory course. Refers to university courses provided by university committees and taught in high schools.

This is a course that American students study in high school, and this course is university content. Students who take AP courses every year take the unified exam in May every year, and their grades are different. According to the policies of different universities, credits can be replaced in universities.

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The importance of AP course to American students;

AP course fully conforms to the enrollment concept and thinking mode of top universities in the United States and even English-speaking countries, and can play a significant positive role in students' application, which is manifested in:

1, increase GPA:

GPA is the embodiment of the comprehensive learning ability of senior high school students. The average score of each AP course can improve the GPA score by 0. 1, and GPA is the first factor to consider when enrolling students in world-class universities.

2, the best proof of students' learning ability and future development potential:

In the United States, students who choose to take AP courses first pass honor courses, while students who want to enter honor courses must pass ordinary courses first. Therefore, students who can participate in AP courses are already the embodiment of excellent students, and they have sufficient learning ability.

Because students must consider the major direction of future universities in the process of choosing 37 AP courses with university difficulty, first-class universities can fully judge and affirm whether students are fully prepared and successfully grasp the future major development direction from the courses selected by students.

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