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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If kids can't  handle HS stress, how will they handle college stress? It will be much more stressful than HS. [/quote]

College classes are a few hours a day. It is a piece of cake compared to 7-8hrs of school and 3-4 hours of HW[/quote]

I think this is a misleading and somewhat careless statement. College is a different ballgame. You can't compare it with HS classes. My DC who is a graduate of MCPS magnet finds college classes very difficult - yes, it's only a few hours a day but the amount of work you have to do out of class can be overwhelming depending on your major. [/quote]

I disagree. Most kids find college easier when they have a very stressful HS experience. You should check why your daughter is having a  problem in college. Maybe it is a social skills issue, not use to being away without her parents help.

When she was home did she clean, cook, do laundry, socialize, voluntter etc. If not you probably crippled her thinking 5APs and test prep were more important than living life. [/quote]

Not in my experience. College demands way more than high school. Maybe the RMIB or TJ is more demanding than some colleges, a tough major in college is a lot harder. [/quote]

That is not what student report to counselors. There is a lot of research on this and kids that take tons of APs and go to pressure cooker schools find college easier. [/quote]

Well first of all, high school kids should not be taking a "ton" of AP's and if certain high schools (W's, RM, etc..) weren't so invested in their name on the top 100 schools in the US, they would realize most of these kids should not even being taking AP courses.  Pressuring kids as young as 14 to take college AP courses is insane and many go on to take the same courses over again in college because it wasn't taught correctly.  Many colleges are not accepting as many AP's as they once were. Many high rank colleges said as soon as a child has more than 4 AP scores on their transcripts they don't look any further.   I think the same thing MCPS did with slowing down the math will also happen with AP's soon.  They will still offer them but not allow so many so young.  If our local college prep private schools are not allowing AP's until junior and occasionally sophomore year, then why are these public schools?  [/quote]

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