How involved are you in prep for AP exams?

[Anonymous]

100% not involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom.

Seriously. She better book a hotel room for finals in college

[Anonymous]

OP here. What I did:

1. excuse the kid from certain obligations in the week leading up (certain major chores and attending events, etc.)
2. At my kid's request, spent about an hour total quizzing them and helping them talk through concepts

[Anonymous]

Nothing
He is taking the classes to boost rigor of curriculum not to try and get college credit so the test scores don’t matter to me at all. I only ask how he is feeling. If he says good, than all is well in my end. If he was taking these to try and save money on college tuition it would matter more, obviously.

[Anonymous]

You don’t have to submit them to colleges, they care more about gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to submit them to colleges, they care more about gpa.

what an ignorant and unhelpful comment

[Anonymous]

I'm not even sure when my kids' AP exams are exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to submit them to colleges, they care more about gpa.

what an ignorant and unhelpful comment

it is not ignorant at all. Two college counselors have said this to me. The college can not assume the kid took the test-they cost money- so the grade you get in the course matters more to them than if you submit an AP test score or not. Kids who do not submit scores are not penalized since they can assume they took the test. If hoping to get college credit this doesn’t apply. Why is that unhelpful info?

[Anonymous]

Since they can NOT assume (typo above)

[Anonymous]

I'm so intrigued, but not necessarily surprised, by most of these answers.

It is as though there are only two options: 1) not even know when the exams are; or 2) be a "helicopter mom" who is planning out schedules and sitting next to the kid every moment of every day telling them to study.

There is a lot of space between those two extremes. And not all kids are the same.

For my child, this exam is important to them. My child has talked to me about how anxious they are and how much they need to study. My child has been talking to us over dinner many nights talking about the subject matter in the class.
If a child has an important event coming up (the first one of its kind) that they have expressed they are nervous about, it does not seem crazy or "helicopter-ing" to wonder how I might be able to support.

(And the kid is now and always has put a lot of pressure on themselves. It isn't coming from us. I don't care about the outcome of the exam. My kid does, and I want to support them.)

[Anonymous]

I paid for the registrations and study books. That's pretty much it. He discussed his exam priority with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so intrigued, but not necessarily surprised, by most of these answers.

It is as though there are only two options: 1) not even know when the exams are; or 2) be a "helicopter mom" who is planning out schedules and sitting next to the kid every moment of every day telling them to study.

There is a lot of space between those two extremes. And not all kids are the same.

For my child, this exam is important to them. My child has talked to me about how anxious they are and how much they need to study. My child has been talking to us over dinner many nights talking about the subject matter in the class.
If a child has an important event coming up (the first one of its kind) that they have expressed they are nervous about, it does not seem crazy or "helicopter-ing" to wonder how I might be able to support.

(And the kid is now and always has put a lot of pressure on themselves. It isn't coming from us. I don't care about the outcome of the exam. My kid does, and I want to support them.)

Shh. This thread is playing out beautifully.

Some of the posters are sincere, and some are not. Some readers will believe every word of it, and some will have an inkling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing
He is taking the classes to boost rigor of curriculum not to try and get college credit so the test scores don’t matter to me at all. I only ask how he is feeling. If he says good, than all is well in my end. If he was taking these to try and save money on college tuition it would matter more, obviously.

Similar to me. I don't really care about test score. Yes, a 3+ or 4+ would be nice, but since MCPS doesn't have finals, I think this is the best way DC can "experience final exams."

[Anonymous]

The school is doing it.
I just do the SAT stuff with the kids.
I'm too cheap for prep classes. Did them for SHSAT high school entry and found that I did a better job than the tutors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. What I did:

1. excuse the kid from certain obligations in the week leading up (certain major chores and attending events, etc.)
2. At my kid's request, spent about an hour total quizzing them and helping them talk through concepts

Good for you, OP. Nothing wrong with what you did. Despite what the AP teacher above said, not all AP teachers prepare their students well.
- another AP teacher