Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation

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Anonymous wrote:There is a reason that T30 acceptance rates have halved in the past 8-10 years. There are a lot of very smart kids out there who work really really hard. And the common app has made it easier for MORE of these kids to apply. Public schools have upped their game by offering two tracked/AP curriculum. 65% of ivy league acceptances are from public schools, I personally think there is a zero percent chance of a public school kid making it if if they were offered and not taken. Private school parents are now demanding APs be offered. It's another data point that top 30 schools want. AP tests are meaningful, actually very meaningful according to Fitzsimmons and other people close to the admissions process.

And yet they don’t even ask for the scores during the admissions process....

Of course they do, and if you are applying to H, and they are interested in you and you DID NOT put your AP scores on the app...they will call your kids CG or email your kid. I know this for a fact bc it happened to us.

The senior scores don't come in until the admissions decisions are made so are not really relevant.

If someone is graduating with 17 APs and is Nat'l AP Scholar...there are 11 scores that are available. It takes a high score on 8 or more tests to get that award

Plus a minimum average on all scores.

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Anonymous wrote:PP you sound like a parent whose kid only scored 3s on APs. Or who is focused on sports.

My DC scores all 5s, takes 80% AP classes(if every class were AP, it would be 100%), is active in 6 clubs, volunteers, and is involved in zero sports. DC has genius-level Iq and enjoys AP classes. No pushing from me. So, stop judging and go back to your bowl of cornflakes.

The PP makes good points but you can’t see it because you’re drunk with happiness at the idea of your kid possibly getting the highest GPA at his school. It’s become a big contest that you’re going to win through your son. A lot of very bright kids would not agree to take this many formulaic classes but instead would instead take some of the time to explore a chosen subject more deeply and more creatively. Just taking as many AP classes as you can is pretty robotic.

Wha? It’s high school. How much of a “chosen subject” can you do? 4 math, 4 English, 4 science, 4 language plus the various phys ed, art, etc requirements. Not a lot of room for deep dives.

You can instead do more study into a subject outside of school. Have kid get a summer internship or job outside of school and work at it there.
Cut some of the AP’s in everything and go a litter deeper into a project.

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Anonymous wrote:PP you sound like a parent whose kid only scored 3s on APs. Or who is focused on sports.

My DC scores all 5s, takes 80% AP classes(if every class were AP, it would be 100%), is active in 6 clubs, volunteers, and is involved in zero sports. DC has genius-level Iq and enjoys AP classes. No pushing from me. So, stop judging and go back to your bowl of cornflakes.

The PP makes good points but you can’t see it because you’re drunk with happiness at the idea of your kid possibly getting the highest GPA at his school. It’s become a big contest that you’re going to win through your son. A lot of very bright kids would not agree to take this many formulaic classes but instead would instead take some of the time to explore a chosen subject more deeply and more creatively. Just taking as many AP classes as you can is pretty robotic.

Firstly, you ARE the PP, that's pretty clear. Secondly, for some reason you are still struggling with the simple idea that children are fundamentally different and what's good for yours is not necessarily what's good for mine. Thirdly, you continue to judge others for making different choices and it's inappropriate. And lastly, you're denigrating a poster for simply describing their child's activities? You have some serious mental issues.

No, I’m not the PP and my child already attends a top 3 university.
You sound like you are intensely driving your kid into the ground.