To make sure an AP course is a good fit for a student to take, Cassel talked about how with reasonable effort, a student should be able to get a B in the class. Reasonable meaning that a B should come without studying for multiple hours every night, but when studying, being fully focused and distraction free.

AP classes do look good on college transcripts and students should try to push themselves to take them. Colleges look at students within the context of their school, compared to other students from that school, the courses that they were offered, and how the student took advantage of the resources in addition to how they did.

“So they want to see that you try, you want to learn, you are curious, the curiosity. That’s probably the number one thing that they look for,” Cassel said.

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