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[quote=Anonymous]GDS parent here. Many kids in UL classes sign up in Sept/Oct for AP testing - often at Churchill. The college office at GDS will reluctantly give you the info - like pulling teeth and they will shame you or your kid for asking. You must sign up by late Sept or early Oct. The MoCo public schools are great about helping out (unlike GDS)

Both of my high schoolers did this in last few years and I of course can't prove if it helped their T20 admissions or not but they both took 2-3 APs 10th/11th grade total and reported their 5s.

Several GDS UL teachers (history dept, math) do special sessions to help kids self studying. And all of those teachers grumble that GDS got rid of AP testing option. They got rid of AP classes first which was fine - re-labeled as friendly "UL" though exact same content acc to 3 GDS teachers. Then 3 years later uner Yom Fox they got rid of testing and announced that first day of school. The CCO head hates all testing and will tell you that.

My guess is about 20-40 kids in the 11th grade class did AP tests last year. Most I know took 2 to 3.

I know there is this anti-test movement at some of these private schools. I wont get into the politics of it but the reality is public school kids are applying with 6 to 10 APs....like I said, whether it matters or not, I dont know but in a LLM admissions world where the LLM is the first screen, it can't hurt if your kid is ready for the self study late March through early May

Like most things GDS:
1) Performative virtue signaling is strong by leadership
2) They always gaslight if you ask probing questions 
3) They go out of their way to not help motivated kids who do want to self study and instead guilt them by saying "this has no bearing on your chances of getting in"
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