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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read Atlantic's APs are a scam article 
College Board = $$$ making[/quote]

They're not a scam, they are the only nationally-normed tool in the US to compare students across states. And as such, extremely useful, and used by all selective colleges as one of the criteria to compare candidates. It's not students or colleges' fault that there are no federally organized exams for high schoolers, like in other countries. The College Board is a commercial enterprise that simply fills the void, like many such in American life, where government fails to provide.

If you want this to change, it will be a tough road because the US is plagued by states' rights, vs federal rights, in most domains, including education.

As for magnets in MCPS: they have their own curriculum, which goes more in-depth and for which teachers have more leeway and creativity. Many magnet students self-study for certain APs and take the exams on their own, to assure colleges that they are capable of high-level work and that their MCPS magnet is, in fact a real magnet. Only local universities are aware of the quality of MCPS magnets. If kids want to apply to universities further out, some external proof of competency is desirable, since any school can call themselves a magnet.

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National Universities know the magnets. They see the array of national awards that magnet students put on their applications. [/quote]

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