College preparatory course

{{Short description|Course to prepare high-school students for college}}

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. [http://www.Stgregoryschool.org/about/why.html Stgregoryschool.org] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20080515223727/http://www.stgregoryschool.org/about/why.html |date=2008-05-15 }}, "Why St. Gregory?", accessed 02-06-2009 Students taking college-preparatory courses may have an increased quantity of classwork, and expectations to achieve are at a higher level. [http://www.collegeboard.com/ collegeboard.com], "College planning made easy", accessed 02-06-2009 The GPA weight for college-preparatory courses may have more value for college entry programs than regular courses. [http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/college_prep.html washington.edu], "College Preparation Resources for Students ", accessed 02-06-2009 College prep courses are particularly appropriate for providing the academic background needed to succeed in a degree program at a college or university. 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.[http://www.uccp.org/] University of California, "Welcome to UC College Prep, a statewide program of the University of California", accessed 02-06-2009 In many schools, a student can move from college-preparatory courses to Advanced Placement courses, if they attain a certain average.[http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html collegeboard.com], "Advanced Placement Program", accessed 02-06-2009