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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- why is your son taking AP classes? If it is to get into competitive classes, no, you don't want to just go with what the class teaches and hope for the best. The quality of AP teaching varies widely across schools. One of the ways colleges distinguish as real AP class vs. a fake one is how well the kids do on the APs. So if a kid is taking an honors course and gets an A, but gets a 2 on the AP exam itself, that suggests that the course is not very rigorous. Aside from norming, the colleges want to know how well did the individual student really mater the material. Is he really an AP level student? Not if he doesn't hit 4s and 5s (most competitive colleges require 5s to get course credit in college or even to advance out of basic freshman core classes). So, unless your kid really loves the subject, it's not a great idea for him to take AP classes and not do well on the exam. [/quote]
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