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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tend to agree with the rude poster. There was nothing inherently wrong with AP courses when I went to school. The STEM courses were comprehensive and rigorous. For the English and History courses, there is obviously no way to be comprehensive of all US/Euro history or English literature. The way our teachers made it work was to cover their areas of interest in great depth and then take a survey approach to the rest of the topics that would be on the exam. I learned a ton and came to my HYP fully prepared.

[b]If college professors are seeing that students with AP credits lack critical thinking[/b], I would attribute that more to modern teaching methods and screen addiction more than the AP courses themselves.

Question for the experts - what is the difference between AP courses vs. A-levels in UK?[/quote]

ETA There might also be an element of lower barrier to entry. In my day all AP courses except US history were for senior year. STEM AP courses were taken by only 7% of the cohort, about 15% for liberal arts AP courses. I have no idea if it was self-selection or teacher-selection. Nowadays maybe every one is taking APs?[/quote]

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