What is the Advanced Placement (AP) Program?

The Advanced Placement (AP) program, also called the Advanced Placement Program, is a strong, comprehensive and hard-working program implemented in the United States (USA) and spread all over the world, aiming for excellence in education. Apart from the USA, the AP Program is implemented and recognized in more than 60 countries. .

Students who take AP courses and pass the exams are more advantageous than students who make standard applications during the application process to universities, and they also have the chance to be exempted from these courses when they start university. They can also study more easily in double-major programs.

Some high schools in Turkey also offer an AP program. Students participating in the AP diploma program take AP courses in addition to the Turkish curriculum. For this reason, they may need support from time to time. 

As Academix Abroad Education Consultancy, we organize courses for AP courses to support our students. For a detail information, please contact with us. 

What are the advantages of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program?

Other advantages of the AP program can be summarized as follows:

- Possibility to be accepted or placed in the majority of colleges and universities in the United States, England, and Canada, with high AP exam grades,

- Taking university-level courses while in high school and making the credits valid in universities abroad,

- Developing better study habits, as well as helping to develop certain skills that are vital for success in the future college years, such as improving writing skills, acquiring problem-solving skills,

- The possibility of early adaptation to the higher education system through university-level courses taken in the online AP program,

- High preference for admission to universities abroad through internationally recognized credits.

FP Program in Turkey

AP, which is a program implemented in the United States and spread all over the world from there, is implemented and recognized in more than 60 countries outside the USA. The program, which is implemented in very few schools with American Schools in Turkey, is considered the most important international diploma program. In Turkey, the AP Program offers the opportunity to be exempted from the courses taken in high school at Universities such as Sabancı, Koç, Özyeğin and to complete credits, as well as the chance to receive a scholarship.

Content and Process of the AP Exam 

The content of the AP exams is prepared by a board of college professors and high school AP teachers. Each AP exam has two sections, consisting of multiple-choice questions and short-answer or essay-style questions. The duration of the exam and the number of questions in the exam vary according to the chosen topic. Multiple choice questions by computer; essays and short answer questions are evaluated by teachers.

AP exams are held once a year in May. It is possible to take one or more AP exams, and it is possible to take the same exam again a year later.

In the exam, multiple-choice questions are evaluated by the computer, and short-answer and essay-style questions are evaluated by a committee of experienced AP professors and university professors. The AP results, which are the sum of the two parts, are evaluated with a grade between 1 and 5. Students who take 3 AP exams and get a minimum of 3 out of 5 in each will have the title of AP Scholar. Exam results are sent to students and universities in July. Results reports are cumulative, meaning they show all AP exam results a student has taken to date.