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Introducing BigFuture™: Step-by-step advice and interactive tools to help you get started navigating the college planning process, explore majors and careers, get in to schools you like, and figure out how best to pay for it.

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Learn About AP

Earn college credit and advanced placement with AP's college-level courses and exams. Find out how to participate in AP, get information on all 34 courses, and learn how to prepare for the exams.

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12K financial aid dollars received by the average undergrad last year
1.8 million, number of students worldwide who took an AP Exam in 2010
2963, average price, in U.S. dollars, to attend a two year college for one year