schools that got rid of AP

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Anonymous wrote:Instagram accounts show kids at the privates without AP continue to be admitted at DCUM approved universities. Yes, even at the UCs! Even in STEM majors!
They seem to do just fine, AP or not.

And that proves that AP Statistics was not offered at your high school.

Where am I referring to anything related to stats? Kids are still getting in which according to the detractors is not happening. Just go take a look.

That’s a joke to point out that you looking at some kids instagram shows don’t know much about sampling and how to test a statistical hypothesis, ie how AP classes affect admission outcome.

Whatever. Statistical Sampling won’t really work in such a small population size. Go review your AP stats notes. Insta - data works pretty well in this instance.

You’re clearly out of your depth here, you should stick to your instagram browsing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ancient private never had classes labeled AP and still does not. It also does not offer any “honors” classes. In the school profile provided to college admissions folks, they clearly say they believe all classes are at that level of rigor. For many decades, it has offered AP exams at school each Spring, open to any student who wanted to sit the exam.

Bottom line is that their college admissions and matriculations always have been very good. Lack of courses labeled AP has never been an issue.

Maybe? But that was before test optional and before rampant grade inflation. There are very few objective measure left: gpa and test scores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My ancient private never had classes labeled AP and still does not. It also does not offer any “honors” classes. In the school profile provided to college admissions folks, they clearly say they believe all classes are at that level of rigor. For many decades, it has offered AP exams at school each Spring, open to any student who wanted to sit the exam.

Bottom line is that their college admissions and matriculations always have been very good. Lack of courses labeled AP has never been an issue.

Maybe? But that was before test optional and before rampant grade inflation. There are very few objective measure left: gpa and test scores.

They are still without any classes labeled AP. They do offer to let students sit AP exams, as they have done for decades now. As of the Class of 2023, college matriculations continue to be very strong - no change downwards.

Lack of courses labeled AP might be a bigger issue for students in a smaller/rural/disadvantaged public or in a smaller evangelical private school. Not sure about those cases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My ancient private never had classes labeled AP and still does not. It also does not offer any “honors” classes. In the school profile provided to college admissions folks, they clearly say they believe all classes are at that level of rigor. For many decades, it has offered AP exams at school each Spring, open to any student who wanted to sit the exam.

Bottom line is that their college admissions and matriculations always have been very good. Lack of courses labeled AP has never been an issue.

Maybe? But that was before test optional and before rampant grade inflation. There are very few objective measure left: gpa and test scores.

They are still without any classes labeled AP. They do offer to let students sit AP exams, as they have done for decades now. As of the Class of 2023, college matriculations continue to be very strong - no change downwards.

Lack of courses labeled AP might be a bigger issue for students in a smaller/rural/disadvantaged public or in a smaller evangelical private school. Not sure about those cases.

You have no evidence for the bold, unless you’re relying on Instagram posts, in which case lol.

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My private school publishes matriculations to the school community each June. So we see them annually. What is Instagram ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am more concerned that my kid who took all
the hard classes will have trouble getting into school in this tough environment. We assumed that the advanced classes would come across the same to colleges. They are very hard. I am not sure how you overcome missing the extra points given to AP classes.

You don’t. The seems pretty bad OP.

Top colleges and universities compute gpa’s and evaluate transcripts by their own metrics. Getting extra “points” by loading up on jv-level AP courses ( not all AP courses have the same rigor) is not impressive

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a school get rid of AP classes? It doesn't just give a GPA boost, it lets you earn college credits. I know kids who started college with sophomore standing.

because of the DEI and equity stuff. huge mistake when those seniors go and try to get into college

It’s not about DEI, I think it avoids transparency for private schools that have no AP classes. It makes it harder to compare private schools to public schools or other private schools. I would question a private school that had low AP pass rates.

Yep

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am more concerned that my kid who took all
the hard classes will have trouble getting into school in this tough environment. We assumed that the advanced classes would come across the same to colleges. They are very hard. I am not sure how you overcome missing the extra points given to AP classes.

You don’t. The seems pretty bad OP.

Top colleges and universities compute gpa’s and evaluate transcripts by their own metrics. Getting extra “points” by loading up on jv-level AP courses ( not all AP courses have the same rigor) is not impressive

Still more rigorous than honors for all classes that mean nothing.

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AP classes are not equitable. They must be eliminated entirely.

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Anonymous wrote:AP classes are not equitable. They must be eliminated entirely.

right on

it's also been bothering me that some people get better jobs than others

we should eliminate jobs