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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a fan of the AP industrial complex generally, but having said that, isn't it the case that you would not be expected to take APs if your school does not offer AP classes?  My kids went to a BIg 3 school with only one or two AP classes.  They took several more exams but only reported the results if they did well.  Seemed to work out fine.[/quote]

This is how the NE boarding schools work. No APs and students who choose to self study and test hand pick what they report. It’s the trend at selective private schools in general because teachers despised the rigid AP curriculum. I imagine it would be hard to switch back.  [/quote]

NE boarding schools have luxuries that even top DMV schools do not.  I bet they have direct contacts at Oxford/Cambridge so those schools may accept an A at Andover as the equivalent of a 5 on an AP test or whatever equivalent of Eton in the UK.  They also probably have a small army communicating with all the top 20 schools on a regular basis.

I think what is odd about GDS is that when all the schools announced they would drop the AP curriculum, they simultaneously agreed they would still offer the AP tests.  It is strange that STA/NCS backtracked even more and actually reinstated some AP classes.  GDS is the only school to drop both the AP curriculum and the tests.[/quote]

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