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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid had no APs. They are at GDS that no longer supports them. I was worried about it but it apparently makes no difference. They are at a US News Top 5 university. [/quote]

Incoming. Now everyone is going to yell at you for being a privileged snob.

Signed, fellow private school parent who is far from wealthy but blessed to have the resources I have and appreciates the value of APs for many but is super glad my kid will not be dealing with it.[/quote]

Well if you are not at an elite private, APs are the "highest rigor courses".  In 9/10th, our HS has Honors Eng and history. Never have honors for Math, as you are simply on grade level or 1/2/3 years ahead.

But when AP courses come into play, Then it's AP ENG or regular English.  So many kids simply take the APs when they ideally belong/want an Honors course.  My kid did the Regular English (no AP, highly qualified to do it, just didn't want to add all the extra work for a LA/Humanities course) and it's an introduction "to the general population" at the HS.  For history it was even worse, as "Civics" is a state mandated course and the teachers teach so that the "lowest of the class" can pass, so it's an easy 100% without ever having more than 10-20 mins of HW /week
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