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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Is there any reason to do this? His grades are excellent (3.89 unweighted GPA), but his rigor is not strong enough for likely admission to top 20 (only 2 APs and 2 honors this year). [b]He is at a private...not a public where there are APs galore and inflated grades.[/b] Next year he plans to take 4 or 5 APs.

DH seems to think the perfect score will be significant and help the fact that [b]he wasn't one of those students that took each and every AP available to him[/b]. I don't think so, but thought I would put it out there to get some opinions.[/quote]

OP, you seem to simultaneously claim that his school doesn't offer many APs while also implying that there were plenty of APs he could have taken, but just didn't take.  If his school really doesn't offer many APs, then I wouldn't worry about lack of rigor.

Still I would let him (not your DH) decide if he wants to take it again.  Expecting a perfect score seems like a lot of pressure, but if he's put a lot of time into prep and practice tests in pursuit of a 36, sure why not?  I have a kid who was happy with a 34, but he didn't prep for it and just did one practice test.  34 was the highest score he expected and he's not exactly a perfectionist.

[quote]Also, why all those APs next year? He is who he is by that point.[/quote]

What is this supposed to mean?  My kid only took two APs (and four honors) as a junior and is taking 5 APs next year.  He wasn't interested in the one AP class that sophomores take (AP World) or two of the AP classes that a lot of juniors take (APUSH and AP Lang), and he [i]is [/i]interested in the AP classes that fit in to his senior schedule.  Is the school supposed to put a "LOSER - NO MORE APS FOR HIM" note in his file because he didn't take 4 or 6 junior year?     He's not taking the classes to impress anyone - he's just taking what he wants to take. [/quote]

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