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[quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm assuming that 8-11 APs is inherently bad, but fewer APs is OK. For some kids who aren't ready, even 1 AP is bad. I'm curious, how many APs is your MoCo kid taking?

The "badness", in my opinion, comes from a few things. First, the stress: so much is riding on a single test. Of course you aren't required to send in the AP test results, and you still have whatever grade is on your transcript. But many kids send in 5s with college applications (yes, DC will be doing this, at the school counselor's recommendation). So if you're applying to a competitive college and you took AP Calc but you aren't sending in the scores, well that raises questions. And if you send in that 3 or less, well it doesn't look too good....

Second source of "badness": some AP classes, like World History, are broad surveys that fail to delve into any particular issue or historical area. (Other APs, like AP Calc, actually seemed reasonable, although a lot harder than my Honors Calc back in the day. I can't compare with private high schools because DCs only went private for elementary school. But my impression is that a lot of private HS's have more latitude to deviate from the strict AP curriculum, because private school kids don't "need" as many APs. I could be wrong.

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