College preparatory course  From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search  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.[1] Students taking
college-preparatory courses may have an increased quantity of
classwork, and expectations to achieve are at a higher level.[2]
The GPA (grade point average) weight for college-preparatory
courses may have more value for college entry programs than
regular courses.[3] College prep courses are particularly
appropriate for providing the academic background needed to
succeed in a degree program at a college or university.[3] 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.[4] In many schools, a student
can move from college-preparatory courses to Advanced Placement
courses, if they attain a certain aver