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[quote=Anonymous][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. I just think if you're going to the effort to take the exam, you want a 5.[/quote]

I have a rising senior who worked their ass off also and is now looking at a busy fall.  I will probably discourage extra testing unless the college they get into gives actual credit for APs.  Two questions for you:

1.  How did your child have "a place in college sorted out in October"?  You mean they picked an ED school and got into that school in December?
2.  Assuming your kid took a bunch of AP classes, did you sign-up for and pay for a bunch of AP tests and your child just did not take them?  At our district, the cost of the exam is $140 if you sign up before Nov. 1 and $185 afterwards, so they incentivize signing up early.[/quote]

Not the PP but my kid was in at Pitt and VT by October.

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