Advanced Placement (AP)

Viking Victories in Advanced Academics celebrates North High students who excel in Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment coursework. This recognition honors achievements such as earning college credit, AP exam success, and advanced academic distinctions, including AP Capstone and AP Scholars. Viking Victories highlights the hard work and commitment behind North High’s culture of high achievement.

2025 AP Scholars

Advanced Academics Study Zone is a dedicated after-school space for North High students enrolled in Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses. The Study Zone provides a quiet, supportive environment for focused study, test preparation, and academic collaboration, helping students stay on track and finish strong in rigorous coursework.

As an Advanced Placement student, it is important to obtain accurate information to answer the question "Will my university accept my AP credit?"  

Ask admissions representatives this very question during your junior year or the fall of your senior year.  Do not wait until spring of your senior year to ask.  Often students hear inaccurate second or third-hand information about university policies regarding AP credit.  

The College Board has links to many universities' websites AP Credit Policy page.  

Local universities with clear, easy-to-read, course-by-course policy info on the web are:

UNO AP Credit Policy

UNL AP Credit Policy

Creighton's AP Credit Policy

The cost is $99 per exam; however, in recent year's, Omaha Public Schools has secured funding to offset the cost to OPS Advanced Academic students. This my change from year to year, so contact Ms. Clesta Steens, Advanced Academic Coordinator, with questions. 

There are several good indicators of how well you might do on an exam. Your coursework at North High is the best predictor of your potential success.

Students should consult with their AP instructor as the registration deadline nears. If you are still undecided by the registration deadline, it is recommended you select NO for your exam order.

The College Board encourages all students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum to be considered for AP courses and exams.    

Students with documented disabilities may be eligible for accommodations on an AP Exam. These accommodations include extended time, nonstandard-format exams, permission to use certain Braille devices, and/or a sign language interpreter to give directions.

North High's Services for Students with Disabilities Coordinator must submit an Eligibility Form for each student requesting accommodations.  Coordinators may not provide testing accommodations for students with disabilities until the college Board has approved these students' Eligibility Forms. Work with the Advanced Academic Coordinator to make srue your accommodations are submitted with teh College Board. (see bottom of this page)

Start and release times are dictated by The College Board. 

Visit https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/exam-dates for more information. 

The Designation of AP Scholar by the College Board recognizes students for their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student's performance on AP Exams.  

National AP Scholar is the highest honor bestowed by the College Board.  Students qualify by earning an average grade of at least 4.0 on 8 or more exams.

AP Scholar with Distinction is one of the highest honors bestowed by the College Board.  Students qualify by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. 

AP Scholar with Honor requires an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. 

The AP Scholar Award is bestowed on students completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of three or higher.  Students honored as juniors, with AP college-level work this year, can earn another AP Scholar Award their senior year. 

Since the 1950s, most universities and colleges have granted transcripted credit and/or upper-level placement to students entering with successful AP Exam scores.*

The College Board has links to many universities' websites AP Credit Policy page. 

Please be aware of the recent trend for colleges to assess a fee ($10 to $75 per course, depending on the college) to first-year college students to translate the successful AP exam to a transcripted course for college records.  Regardless, the total cost for the AP Exam and fee remains less than the costs and fees associated with the course taken through the university.