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Reply to "Number of AP classes for top 20% of MCPS HS grads?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Some AP courses are much more difficult than others, OP. Selective colleges will consider whether the exam was taken and what the score was, and much hinges on how the student explains their aspirations in their essays. My oldest took 12 AP classes, but only half of the exams, in which most of his scores were 5. He deliberately skipped the hardest math and language exams, because the course work was a little too challenging for him. He got all 5s on the history APs, and since he picked an International Affairs major and wrote essays explaining why he loved history, I don't think skipping the math AP exams hurt him too much. His targets were ~T50 colleges, not Ivies! He also got into UMD Honors but went to GWU, which is highly ranked for International Affairs specifically. [/quote]
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