AP Testing Window Opens

Dear Lobo Families:

This week we start our AP testing window and this year 335 students will be taking approximately 600 tests. Advance Placement test are scored by the College Board and students can receive college credit for scores of a three, four or five on a five point scale. We strongly encourage students to take the test because the benefits far outweigh the negatives. Below is an email I received from Sean Story. Sean is a freshmen attending Vanderbilt and loving the school.

Dr. Mike
I was thinking the other day about what I was doing at this time of the year in years previous, and something I remembered was sitting in classes and listening to the assistant principals encouraging students to register for AP classes for the next year. I'm incredibly glad I listened to their advice, because of my AP classes; I came to college with 24 credit hours, and enough understanding of topics to skip entry level classes. Enough of a head start, in fact, that I'm going to be able to double major, and getting my Master's degree in Computer Science after 4 years of being here. I crunched the numbers the other day, and AP classes have saved me about $120,000 worth of tuition, room, and board, not taking into account tuition inflation, living expenses, or even the fact that these classes were probably a big part of what got me into this school.
Any how, I wanted to shoot you an email, asking if you might appreciate having another body to talk to students about how beneficial AP classes really can be.


I can’t believe that April has come and gone!

With Lobo Pride
Dr. Mike