College preparatory course

A college preparatory course is a means by which college bound high school students may better meet the more stringent scholastic requirements for entry into colleges and universities.^[1] Students taking college-preparatory courses may have an increased quantity of classwork, and expectations to achieve are at a higher level.^[2] The GPA weight for college-preparatory courses may have more value for college entry programs than regular courses.^[3] College prep courses are particularly appropriate for providing the academic background needed to succeed in a degree program at a college or university.^[3] Above college-preparatory in difficulty is honors, where the advanced structure while similar in many ways to college prep, requires even more effort from the student.^[4] In many schools, a student can move from college-preparatory courses to Advanced Placement courses, if they attain a certain average.^[5]

See also

• Education in the United States