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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My FCPS senior took 6 exams this year (Lit, Bio, BC, Gov, Micro and Macro). All 5s and 4s. Did not do any studying outside of classes. Her school prepared her well (same thing in past years - took World in 10th grade and APush, Lang, Chem and AB as a junior).[/quote]

Just checking "did not do any studying outside of classes" - do you mean the kid did zero revision? If that is the case, she would have likely got all 5's if she'd put some effort into it, even just the week before exams. It would have been worth it.[/quote]

Not my kid but I told my senior last year not to study for APs.  She was already in at college and there is basically no difference for credit or placement in a 4 or 5.  She killed herself studying junior year so I really didn’t want that to happen again.  [/quote]

Yes I understand that. My DS worked his ass off in 11th grade and got all his needed 5's then he had a place in college sorted out in October, so I told him he didn't actually have to take a single AP exam this year (12th) and he so didn't. [b]I just think if you're going to the effort to take the exam, you want a 5.[/b][/quote]

OMG. Of course you WANT a 5. You want to WIN when you're on a competitive sports team and play a match. Would you tell your kid to just go to practices and not play the games because it's not worth it if you end up losing? Why bother taking AP or any other classes at all because you might not get an A?

I'd never tell my kid not to take the AP exam. You can't get the college credit if you don't take the exam - and getting the college credit is one of the two points of taking an AP class in the first place, the other being intellectual challenge. And you only need a 4 for most APs at most colleges. Some even take some 3s. Many stopped taking 3s because too many students were getting 3s.

Discussions like these make me more and more proud of my kids every day.[/quote]

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