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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=pseudonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the new AP seminar?

Are freshman allowed to take AP classes if they want?[/quote]

You can read a description of AP Seminar at the College Board's web site. At TJ, it is replacing Honors English 10. Students actually have a choice of electing to stick with English 10, though I'm not sure how many would want to do that, [b]given that AP classes give a +1.0 boost to the weighted GPA,[/b] whereas it's +0.5 for honors.

Freshmen are allowed to take AP classes, though it would only make sense in some narrow circumstances (e.g., if the student had taken Algebra II in 8th grade, they'd be in AP Precalc).[/quote]

[b]Not true, it is 0.5 boost for both Honor and AP in FCPS[/b] (and TJ)[/quote]

Incorrect.

[b]Additional Weighting for Advanced Academic Courses [/b]

The following courses have additional weighting:

Honors (HN) courses are weighted with an additional 0.5 quality points.
Advanced Placement (AP) are weighted with an additional 1.0 quality points.
Advanced (AV) are weighted with an additional 1.0 quality points.
Dual Enrollment (DE) are weighted with an additional 1.0 quality points.
International Baccalaureate (IB) are weighted with an additional 1.0 quality points.

Source: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/district-performance-transparency/postsecondary-profile#grade-point-average-and-class-rank[/quote]

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