AP tests—why??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t pretend that the three year HYP experience is equivalent to or better than the four year one. You’re choosing to see undergrad as transactional but many if not most of us don’t.

How about, just don't pretned that 99% of people here are even aplying to HYP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. Her school discouraged sitting for the exams. Missing school for the exam was not excused and teachers continued to teach new content during the AP exam week that students were responsible for during finals.

Which is pretty awesome for those kids for whom getting that college credit means saving some money. You know, the kids on a budget for college.

Oh well.

I never did AP classes. My spouse did. Our children did not. AP classes did not get my spouse through college any quicker. I imagine this is true for the majority of kids, especially the ones whose families are able to pay for private high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. Her school discouraged sitting for the exams. Missing school for the exam was not excused and teachers continued to teach new content during the AP exam week that students were responsible for during finals.

Which is pretty awesome for those kids for whom getting that college credit means saving some money. You know, the kids on a budget for college.

Oh well.

I never did AP classes. My spouse did. Our children did not. AP classes did not get my spouse through college any quicker. I imagine this is true for the majority of kids, especially the ones whose families are able to pay for private high school.

APs got my kids credit so they could double major and graduate in four years instead of five.

But you are right, some privates have so few kids on a budget that they don’t bother with the ones who are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. Her school discouraged sitting for the exams. Missing school for the exam was not excused and teachers continued to teach new content during the AP exam week that students were responsible for during finals.

Which is pretty awesome for those kids for whom getting that college credit means saving some money. You know, the kids on a budget for college.

Oh well.

I never did AP classes. My spouse did. Our children did not. AP classes did not get my spouse through college any quicker. I imagine this is true for the majority of kids, especially the ones whose families are able to pay for private high school.

APs got my kids credit so they could double major and graduate in four years instead of five.

But you are right, some privates have so few kids on a budget that they don’t bother with the ones who are.

A double major should never take 5 years. That defeats the whole point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. Her school discouraged sitting for the exams. Missing school for the exam was not excused and teachers continued to teach new content during the AP exam week that students were responsible for during finals.

Which is pretty awesome for those kids for whom getting that college credit means saving some money. You know, the kids on a budget for college.

Oh well.

I never did AP classes. My spouse did. Our children did not. AP classes did not get my spouse through college any quicker. I imagine this is true for the majority of kids, especially the ones whose families are able to pay for private high school.

APs got my kids credit so they could double major and graduate in four years instead of five.

But you are right, some privates have so few kids on a budget that they don’t bother with the ones who are.

A double major should never take 5 years. That defeats the whole point.

These would have. But you go ahead and argue your position without any basis in fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. Her school discouraged sitting for the exams. Missing school for the exam was not excused and teachers continued to teach new content during the AP exam week that students were responsible for during finals.

Which is pretty awesome for those kids for whom getting that college credit means saving some money. You know, the kids on a budget for college.

Oh well.

I never did AP classes. My spouse did. Our children did not. AP classes did not get my spouse through college any quicker. I imagine this is true for the majority of kids, especially the ones whose families are able to pay for private high school.

APs got my kids credit so they could double major and graduate in four years instead of five.

But you are right, some privates have so few kids on a budget that they don’t bother with the ones who are.

A double major should never take 5 years. That defeats the whole point.

These would have. But you go ahead and argue your position without any basis in fact.

Nobody is spending extra years in college for a double major. As a double major myself, it is almost always pointless when you could either graduate earlier or accomplish something real instead.

[Anonymous]

Private schools in the DMV collectively did away with AP classes because they wanted to distinguish themselves from public schools. They wanted to be able to market themselves as being "special," and they couldn't do that if they were offering the same classes as the public schools. Not only that, because they're smaller than publics they couldn't offer the full variety of APs that the publics can.

In other words, they did away with APs because they couldn't compete.

The problem is that private school parents both like APs and are Uber competitive. They worry that without taking AP classes and exams their kids are at a disadvantage. So they want their kids in private schools AND they want them taking AP exams.

That's what they do it.

[Anonymous]

People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

It is a dumb move. Nobody *smart* would spend extra years in college for a double major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

It is a dumb move. Nobody *smart* would spend extra years in college for a double major.

So you admit there are situations where a double major would take five years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

It is a dumb move. Nobody *smart* would spend extra years in college for a double major.

So you admit there are situations where a double major would take five years?

However there is never a situation where someone should do it if it takes 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

It is a dumb move. Nobody *smart* would spend extra years in college for a double major.

So you admit there are situations where a double major would take five years?

However there is never a situation where someone should do it if it takes 5.

So that’s a “yes”?

[Anonymous]

Ahhhh old good private schools, those are the perks of collusion...

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-concludes-its-investigation-dc-area-private-high-schools-decision-stop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People do. I did. You asserting that they don’t does not make it true.

It is a dumb move. Nobody *smart* would spend extra years in college for a double major.

So you admit there are situations where a double major would take five years?

However there is never a situation where someone should do it if it takes 5.

So that’s a “yes”?

Someone could also take 6 years for one major. A double major is never a reason to stay in college past 4 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private schools in the DMV collectively did away with AP classes because they wanted to distinguish themselves from public schools. They wanted to be able to market themselves as being "special," and they couldn't do that if they were offering the same classes as the public schools. Not only that, because they're smaller than publics they couldn't offer the full variety of APs that the publics can.

In other words, they did away with APs because they couldn't compete.

The problem is that private school parents both like APs and are Uber competitive. They worry that without taking AP classes and exams their kids are at a disadvantage. So they want their kids in private schools AND they want them taking AP exams.

That's what they do it.

You realize there are only a few private schools in the DMV that do not offer AP classes, right? You make it sound like none of them do. Eight of them collectively announced several years ago that they were dropping APs, and at least two of those (NCS and STA) went back to offering them.

The majority of private HS in the area offer at least some APs.