AP Test Scores

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Anonymous wrote:Kid sent all scores to Georgetown 5 5s, a 4 and a 3 in euro history. Accepted ea

Your kid had 12 APs through 11th grade?! What were they? I am pretty sure that is not possible at our school!

It will be Whitman or the VA equivalent.
Totally possible.
When my kids started HS it looked possible for them to take 14 APs. They didn't though.

Through 11th? I know my kid could take 12 through the end of HS, but I don't think through 11th and we are at a strong FCPS school. I think a freshman could not possibly take more than 2, and one of those would be AP Pre-Calc.

This tells you all you need to know about grade inflation and BS GPAs. You can’t even take close to this number at top and even most privates.

Most privates dropped AP entirely a couple of years ago, please catch up.

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Anonymous wrote:Kid sent all scores to Georgetown 5 5s, a 4 and a 3 in euro history. Accepted ea

My DS said that he’d submit AP scores to Georgetown then never did. Still got in EA.

My son submitted 5 5s and a 36 ACT and was deferred. lol later accepted RD.

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Most allow you to self-report. But we're at a non-DMV private and our college counselor who is in direct communication with many top college admissions officers said that AP scores don't really move the dial in a meaningful way pre-admissions. They can add some confidence or affirmation to an already high GPA (similar to a high ACT or SAT) but it doesn't really elevate a candidate too much.

We are still stuck with a very subjective, holistic review process despite all our desires as parents to have a more transparent, predictable and objective system.

Our college counselor suggested we take AP tests only if we wish to get college credit for a specific course by getting a high score, and that many students take the May AP tests in Grade 12 after college admissions is already settled.

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Anonymous wrote:Kid sent all scores to Georgetown 5 5s, a 4 and a 3 in euro history. Accepted ea

Your kid had 12 APs through 11th grade?! What were they? I am pretty sure that is not possible at our school!

It will be Whitman or the VA equivalent.
Totally possible.
When my kids started HS it looked possible for them to take 14 APs. They didn't though.

Through 11th? I know my kid could take 12 through the end of HS, but I don't think through 11th and we are at a strong FCPS school. I think a freshman could not possibly take more than 2, and one of those would be AP Pre-Calc.

OP here. The answer was 7, with a total of 13 through senior year. In my kid's case, he could have taken AP human Geo freshman year (which would have made it 8) and added that, but otherwise, he was full with sports and foreign language.

AP Human Geo is a joke AP. Not worth taking.