The issue is the comparison to AP courses; not a good analogy as AP courses are spread throughout all four years of high school and are taken in lieu of standard credit courses in each grade, not on top of the courses needed to earn the regular diploma.

“Basically the way it was, you’d need to stay the 5th year to get in enough courses that are equivalent to AP courses in the US, and so many of those would be required to be accepted into universities.”

The U of M study is a little out of date. The province limited the number of credits that could be funded* in the regular high school system and the number of 5th year students has since dropped significantly.

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