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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one poster on an anonymous board who thinks HB has some advantages and disadvantages.  It does make sense that 1) the less rigorous AP classes and 2) your school offering fewer AP classes so therefore a top student can carry a lower AP course load overall to be seen as taking the schools most rigorous path could be a potential advantage for college admissions in a test optional environment.

People who are denying this, it seems weird to me.

Overall though, most parents want their kids in a strong academic environment with good options.  So I see what’s being described in this thread as a disadvantage more than an advantage.[/quote]

As an HB parent, I agree that HB has advantages and disadvantages. I can't say though that the less rigorous classes and fewer AP classes are some sort of benefit in college admissions. First, I'm not a college admissions professional (but I do have some experience in this area both as a parent of multiple kids who applied to elite schools and as an interviewer for my own elite college). It doesn't strike me that the type of kid who applies successfully to top colleges is looking fro some easier hack to get in. the types of kids who get into Ivies, etc. take every opportunity available to them and then go find/make opportunities.

I'm not denying that HB has advantages and disadvantages. I find it reallly weird that some person (or more) is trying to spin HB as having only advantages. That's just not the case. [/quote]

Every college admissions professional and even most parents who have just had to become an amateur admissions person will tell you kids are competing against kids at their own high school in college admissions.  Do the math on what that means at an overall less rigorous high school.  A kid does not need to do as much to excel and stand out as at a more rigorous high school.  That is the "benefit" people are identifying, if they are inclined to view this as a benefit.  It's basically saying it's an advantage to be able to do less and get the same result.  I agree most normal people are not looking for some easier hack to get in and that is not why their children are at HB.[/quote]

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