AP CLASSES why so much homework?
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Anonymous
+1 My senior is working on his UVA application right now and every admissions counselor and representative he has talked to at UVA has talked about course rigor being the #1 criteria of admission. We have also been told that Legacy status also doesn't really mean much which would help us as my son's dad is an alum. |
Anonymous
APUSH or AP World or both needed for UVA? |
Anonymous
I graduated from FCPS about a decade or so ago, went to UVA, and now have a Kindergartner in FCPS so I feel somewhat "qualified" to answer lol. I tried to take every AP course available to me, which included AP History (World, US, Gov), Science (Chem + Physics), Math (Calc), English (Lang +Lit), and electives (Spanish + Psych). I do think AP US was the hardest course I took, and also the one that best prepared me for UVA. At the time, all college admissions and counselors emphasized that rigorous course load was important, and from my personal experience it seemed to ring true when admissions season rolled around. |
Anonymous
Yes. And don’t take them online as college admissions officers have clued into this trend across school districts. |
Anonymous
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What's the point of college then? If the HS kids are required to take college classes in HS.
The whole thing is so unbelievably stupid. |
Anonymous
College is merely a convenient marker for employers to differentiate people with certain backgrounds and base skillsets. And for many white collar jobs it's not enough, you need a post-bachelor degree of some sort. |
Anonymous
| I got into UVA back in the 1990s and didn’t have AP World or AP Gov’t. |
Anonymous
Things have changed significantly in the past 25 years. If you step into the College forum, you'll see a lot of parents that went to really good schools (including ivies) acknowledge that they wouldn't get in these days. UVA is explicit about the 'rigor' box being checked for them to consider a student. It doesn't matter what their potential major, they have to take APs in all the core courses (English, History, Science, Math). Hence kids taking 15 APs just to be competitive at freaking UVA. |
Anonymous
Well I guess we will take our chances or settle for JMU or VCU then. My kid isn’t going to kill himself taking 15 APs. He’ll take a couple junior year and senior year. |
Anonymous
Yes, of course. No where on the UVA admissions site does it say, or even imply, AP us history is a requirement. Plus I am sure all the international students have not done AP Us history, but they still get in. |
Anonymous
| International students pay full tuition and they've allocated quotas |
Anonymous
Shenandoah university applicants don't have and need APs, but UVA applicants do. Choose where to apply accordingly. |
Anonymous
Do VTech or George Mason also require several APs from Northern VA students? |
Anonymous
Not necessarily GMU. They are even offering an easier pathway to admissions for students from some Arlington HSes with a 3.25 GPA or over. VT has gotten harder to get into though. |
Anonymous
GMU has a program for admission at APS schools with a certain percentage of FARMs students. The idea is to make it easy for first generation college kids to have a path way to an in-state college, that is local so they can cut down on costs. I would not be surprised that the program spreads into FCPS. |