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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SATs seems reasonable to me but agree on APs.  My DC will have taken 10 APs by the time she graduates.  That's $900 in AP testing fees. And most of the colleges DC has applied to take few or no AP credits, [b]or if they do they don't allow you to graduate early, so there's no economic benefit.[/b] Sure these have been good classes with engaged students, and maybe DC gets out of some intro level classes, but I don't know that I need to pay the College Board $900 for that. [/quote]

I didn't graduate early (full merit scholarship, so no point) but it was great to be able to take a few 12 credit semesters and fun electives since I went to college with a semester's worth of credits.  There's more to ap credits than just graduating early.

My district (not local, in PA) didn't routinely pay for the exams for everybody, but any student who couldn't afford them could have them paid for by the district. Any class that "required" you to take the ap exam could have that requirement waived if student and teacher agreed that the odds of achieving a score that would get them credit were low. These seem like more reasonable approaches. [/quote]

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