AP or Honors, Which Looks Better for Colleges?
From Admissions Beat by Lee Coffin • Vice President and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Dartmouth College
April 7, 2026 · 51 min · Season 9 · Episode 11
About this episode
The episode discusses whether AP or Honors courses are more favorable for college admissions.
The quality of an applicant's senior year program—and the grades achieved in that course of study—are foundational to the academic assessment of any application to a selective college. In an encore episode from Season 5, college counselor Eric Monheim from St Mark’s School in Massachusetts joins SMU’s Elena Hicks and AB host Lee Coffin from Dartmouth to ponder the perennial question: “AP or Honors, which one looks better?" as high school juniors select their senior year curriculum.
People in this episode
Host: Lee Coffin
Guest: Eric Monheim
Topics covered
- college admissions
- high school curriculum
- AP courses
- honors courses
- academic assessment
Keywords
- AP courses
- Honors courses
- college admissions
- senior year curriculum
- academic assessment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: St Mark’s School, Dartmouth College, SMU
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