AP Program Gives Students an Advantage in University

Biology teacher Bob Malyk quickly knows how well grads are doing at university.

"They e-mail me 'thanks so much for teaching me how to write a formal lab'," he says. The Advanced Placement program at Ridley College, in St. Catharines, Ontario, offers top high school students the opportunity to take a first year university-level exam course--in subjects ranging from calculus to chemistry--before graduation. High exam scores offer the option of skipping a course in university or simply making first year a little less overwhelming. "They get in there and they already know the equipment and how it works," Bob says. "What I'm giving them is a competitive edge."

Ridley College is one of numerous private schools offering the Advanced Placement program.

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