GETTING AHEAD (AND ABROAD)
OF THE UNIVERSITY COMPETITION
The College Board
A
fter applying to the University of Oxford in
Now a freshman at Oxford with his nerve-wracking
England, Henry Wendorf, like other final year
university application days behind him, Henry credits
secondary school students at Switzerland’s
hard work, discipline, and his Advanced Placement (AP)
International School of Zug and Luzern, waited anxiously
courses with getting into his dream school.
each day for a reply. When his peers began receiving their university admission letters from around the world and
Get with the AP Programme
his hadn’t arrived yet, the anxiety reached an all-time
The AP Programme is an innovative secondary school
high.
suite that includes university-level courses and exams. From arts to sciences to humanities, each AP course is
“As I stressed at the lunch table, I asked my mom to
designed to connect directly to a wide variety of university
check the mailbox,” Henry recalled. “When she sent back
majors and careers. Any secondary school can add AP
a screenshot of my acceptance, I shouted ‘YES!’ loud
courses to enhance its curriculum, and students can use
enough that the whole school probably heard me.”
their AP scores for global admissions - and often to gain university credit (without even being in university yet).
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