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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At DC's large public high school, class rank is closely tied to how many AP's the student takes.  Those in the top 1% have taken about ten AP's.  It seems ridiculous, but to distinguish oneself academically it is necessary to take that many.  On the other hand, this rule does NOT apply to recruited athletes. The academic standards are different for them.[/quote]

That depends what school system you are in.  MCPS doesn't do class rank.  In MCPS honors and APs both get one extra point so for the weighted GPA they count the same.  I also don't think weighted GPAs have much impact at the top college level - they are going to look at the unweighted GPA.

And for once I agree with Holton Ivy Crew mom.  At our school the recruited athletes to top colleges are taking many APs too.  Presumably when the OP asked about top colleges she wasn't talking about the top football universities, who may indeed have different standards for their recruited athletes.[/quote]

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