What is the Advanced Placement (AP) Program?

The Advanced Placement (AP) program is a strong, comprehensive and hard-working program implemented in the United States of America (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.

The AP Program provides students with the opportunity to take college-level courses in high school and be exempt from those courses at college. Particularly, during the admission phase of students’ overseas university applications, the fact that a student has taken AP courses in high school and passed the exams successfully is considered as an indicator of his/her readiness for academic education.

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 read more easily in double-major programs.

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

• Possibility of getting 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,
• High preference for admission to universities abroad through internationally recognized credits.

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. 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 be awarded 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.