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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They had dropped the AP courses a few years ago (collusion case successfully brought by DOJ as a result of this as we all remember).

Now GDS just announced that they are dropping AP testing

"Over the last year, our team has been in conversation with dozens of college admissions offices from small liberal arts colleges to large flagship state institutions. In each of these conversations, we have confirmed what we shared with families when GDS moved away from AP courses: For college admissions, there is no advantage to taking AP tests if you attend a high school that does not offer that coursework."

Is this statement true? How about the increasing # of kids who have been applying and matriculating at UK/Ireland/Canadian schools?  How about schools like NYU that actually take AP testing in lieu of SAT/ACT (optional of course).

Something about this decision sits wrong with me...they are making it even harder for the subset of students who dont want to go to SLACs.

Also what about the college credit that some schools - esp. state flagships still offer for AP tests 4+

How's that for GDS equity mission? [/quote]

They don't address the FOMO element.  If you know a bunch of kids at GDS are going off-campus to take the AP tests and applying to Ivy league schools, you will now be completely paranoid that you will have to do the same.  Why?  Because no administrative BS will dissuade you from the fear that the Ivy will wonder why does kid X have a 3.8 and no APs, while kid Y has a 3.8 and 10 APs.  Same school, but seems like Kid Y showed more initiative and maybe Kid X thought they were going to score 2s on the tests.
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