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[quote=Anonymous]Are the kids stressed by the demands of the course itself and/or by the test?  My perspective is as a parent of 3 kids who have moved from public to private for HS (and a 4th who will do so next year).  I have wondered about the difference in number of AP classes offered by our kids' private v. those offered by the public high schools.  While my kids and their classmates also take AP tests for classes not labeled AP (e.g., American history and literature), in general, they take far fewer AP tests than their friends who are in MoCo schools.  Our kids' experience is that the workload is intense in most of their classes -- sometimes more so in non-AP classes than in the APs -- but that they are well-prepared for the tests and not stressed.  For example, in American history and literature, which all 11th-graders take at their school, our oldest, who was a straight A student in those classes scored 5 on both, while the younger, who had Bs scored 4 on both (in calc and physics, where he was a straight A student he scored a 5 on each).  I do think our kids' school works hard to make sure that admissions officers are familiar with the rigor of the coursework in the non-AP classes.  Moreover, I think the admissions officers can see evidence of this themselves in the level of preparation of those students they admit.  Our 2 oldest, who have gone on to college, were very well-prepared for an academically-demanding college workload.      [/quote]

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