The good and bad of AP season: yearly review
By Allison Jacobs and Andrew Chan, News Editor and Sports Editor
June 5, 2019
AP season marks the time from around mid-April to mid-May when preparation for AP exams goes into full swing, with teachers handing out review guide after review guide, and the cramming begins for many. AP season also means that stress is going to be a constant feeling when thinking about the classes...
AP classes provide challenge, give college credit
By Julia Lescht, Staff Writer
June 5, 2019
April: ‘tis the season to begin preparing for AP exams both in and out of the classroom. But, while many WCHS students participate in Advanced Placement (AP) courses throughout the school year, not all of them follow through with taking the corresponding exams. There are many reasons students decide...
AP Classes Should Weigh More than Honors Counterparts
By Harry Wang, Staff Writer
May 26, 2017
As a National Blue-Ribbon high school, CHS has many hard-working students who take several Advanced Placement (AP) courses each year. However, the MCPS policy of weighing AP and Honors classes as the same credit value in student’s weighted grade point average (GPA) is unfair. It hurts the students...
Standardized Testing: It’s Just Material
By Sai Sreenivasan, Observations Editor
January 25, 2017
Standardized testing. It’s a topic that has been discussed time and time again. However, most of the discussion has been on the impacts of the test and not the material itself. According to a recent Washington Post article, poet Sara Holbrook is questioning the material and questions placed in s...
AP Exams are too expensive
By Julia Reagan, Arts Editor
February 28, 2014
You are at home on a Friday night when your friend calls to see if you want to grab some dinner and see the new Zac Efron movie. You look into your wallet in search of some cash and frown upon discovering that it is empty. Where did all your money go? Oh yes, you spent it last week when you signed...
November AP Tips
By Manisha Singh, Online News Editor
November 12, 2012
1. Keep reviewing. Congratulations, you have gotten through the first quarter! However, that doesn’t mean you should forget everything you have learned. Continue to refresh your memory on past material because by the time you get to the AP, it will be hard to cram all that information back in...
September AP Tips
By Manisha Singh, Online News Editor
September 10, 2012
It's no question— AP classes are hard. This is why the Observer is here to help you strategize. For those of you who are taking your first AP, or are possibly AP veterans, here are some smart tips to stay on track. 1. Buy a review book. Princeton’s Review, Barron’s, Kaplan or Col...
Many AP classes design shirts, display devotion
By By Elizabeth Chen
Circulation Manager
September 3, 2010
It may seem strange to see a person wearing a highlighter yellow T-shirt with a cartoon fly on it that bears a complicated Latin binomial nomenclature in the hallway, but in fact that student is only one of many who took AP Biology last year. Advanced Placement classes, such as AP NSL, AP Biology and...