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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP classes are college level and pretty intense.  If you don't have the background going into those courses you will have a difficult time.

The idea that kids are all walking in, acing those AP courses and then scoring high enough on the AP exams to actually place out of college courses...is probably overblown.  [/quote]

My DC got 34 credits from his University for his AP classes- it made him a sophomore.  He took 7 APs and received 4s and 5s.  He was around the 75-80th percentile for GPA.  I know this because he just missed the cut off for the GPA medal to wear for graduation and 100 out of just less than 500 received it.  He graduated from one of the 5 HS in FCPS about which people tend to crow on DCUM.

It all depends on which university or college you student attends.  Some give nothing, others give quite a bit.  [/quote]

I too took all AP classes and entered college a sophomore, something which about 40 out of 500 students did at my well-respected non-local academic HS did.  I'm sure it happens here, probably in greater numbers.  There's nothing wrong with it, it was a very good preparation for my college engineering degree.  But most kids, even here, don't do all honors and all AP and get 4s and 5s on all the tests.

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