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- 2021-10-14
ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDENT
It is not essential to take any classes before writing an AP or CLEP exam even though some Canadian high schools offer AP prep classes as part of their curriculum. CLEP exams may be written at a few select testing centres in Canada depending on where in the country you live. AP exams are only held at provincially-accredited high schools, but outside students – individuals from other schools or home-schoolers are permitted to pay the registration fee and write the exam at any high school.
Preparation books at local bookstores and libraries
are available for independent preparation and test preparation as not every AP
student will have chosen to complete a high school diploma. Most AP students
will apply to university as high school diploma students, having attained a
provincial diploma while taking AP exams. They will also be eligible for
advanced standing or credit upon admission. Some universities treat advanced
placement students as university transfer students because of their educational
background. Students therefore ultimately end up applying to university as a
homeschooler, mature student or open university student if they have no high
school diploma.
Students can earn university credits, sometimes just enough
to qualify for admission directly into second year at a Canadian university,
through college-level examinations such as the Advanced Placement (AP) program
and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). The AP and CLEP examinations
do not issue university credits themselves.
They provide
standardized test scores at university-level examinations which a Canadian university
may choose to acknowledge as equivalent to attainment in a course at its institution.
Some universities limit the amounts of credits they will issue through prior
examination, while others will only allow a student to sidestep introductory
courses, not obtain credit for them.