AP US History (APUSH) is a college level course taught to high school juniors. The course provides preparation for the AP exam in May but the AP exam is not the only reason to take the course.
Having APUSH on your transcript is impressive to colleges and signifies that you have taken the most rigorous courses available to you. More importantly, APUSH prepares you to excel in college, not just get into college. The class will strengthen your critical thinking, writing, debate, and overall articulation skills. While APUSH can be challenging, it is also a lot of fun and time and again a class students say they learned the most from and always looked forward to.
APUSH has a reputation nationally of being one of the hardest exams. The national pass rate hovers between 47-53% but do not let this scare you. CDM does very well on the exam and shatters the national pass rate. Therefore, it should actually be a reason TO take the course. You will be competing for college spots with students across the nation. With your grade on the exam and CDM's APUSH course reputation, you will stand out from the crowd.
CDM Pass Rates: While I have not provided a list of every year's pass rates, I have listed the pass rates for the last few years. In addition, every year we have an overwhelming number of 4s and 5s on the test.
2015 99%
2014 97.5%
2013 100%
2012 92%
2011 97%
Having APUSH on your transcript is impressive to colleges and signifies that you have taken the most rigorous courses available to you. More importantly, APUSH prepares you to excel in college, not just get into college. The class will strengthen your critical thinking, writing, debate, and overall articulation skills. While APUSH can be challenging, it is also a lot of fun and time and again a class students say they learned the most from and always looked forward to.
APUSH has a reputation nationally of being one of the hardest exams. The national pass rate hovers between 47-53% but do not let this scare you. CDM does very well on the exam and shatters the national pass rate. Therefore, it should actually be a reason TO take the course. You will be competing for college spots with students across the nation. With your grade on the exam and CDM's APUSH course reputation, you will stand out from the crowd.
CDM Pass Rates: While I have not provided a list of every year's pass rates, I have listed the pass rates for the last few years. In addition, every year we have an overwhelming number of 4s and 5s on the test.
2015 99%
2014 97.5%
2013 100%
2012 92%
2011 97%