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Category: Aim Academy Online

  • Creative Writing Class with Lili Serbicki

    I am thrilled to announce that we’ve just added a creative writing course for high school students to our line up of online classes .   Lili (Meldrum) Serbicki is a former student of mine (and Vicki Dincher’s, our registrar) who was a joy to work with throughout high school.  She is immensely talented and prolific.  Now a college graduate and professional writer, I contacted Lili as soon as I heard she might be interested in offering a creative writing course online.

    I’ve had many students over the years in my online AP English courses who wanted to develop their creative writing talents.  AP English certainly requires a lot of writing of students, but it does not primarily focus on creative writing per se.  So, she is a perfect fit for our focus here:  She has developed a creative writing class aspiring writers will love; and at the same time, Lili will help them lay a foundation for a future AP English course.

    You can read her course description here: Creative Writing

    And you can register for her class here.

  • College Credit for High School Work

    The easiest and least expensive way to earn college credit for your high school work is through scoring well on college equivalency exams.  The most widely accepted equivalency exams are the College Level Examination Program (CLEP®) and Advanced Placement (AP® ) tests. (More than 90% of colleges in the U.S. award course exemptions or credit for many of these exams.)  Both  the CLEP®  and AP®  programs  are developed by the College Board, the same organization that publishes the SAT  college entrance exam and the SAT subject tests.  You can read more about the CLEP® program here.  You can read more about the AP® program here.

    The individual colleges and universities that participate in the CLEP® and AP®  programs determine  which exams they will accept,  how much credit will be applied and what score students must achieve in order to earn credit, course exemptions or advanced placement. You will find an institution’s equivalency exam policy on their website. Search by “credit by exam,” “AP policy” or “CLEP policy.”

    Which equivalency exam you take will be determined by your purposes:

    • CLEP® exams are shorter, easier, less expensive and less prestigious.  These are a great choice if the main goal is college credit for required coursework.
    • AP® exams are far more rigorous, and therefore, more respected.  High scores on AP® exams will be weighted heavily for merit scholarship consideration and college admittance at competitive schools and programs.

    Read the rest of this article here.