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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think sometimes it is hard for parents whose kids struggle with academics to understand that it isn't the same for all kids.  Just like your son/daughter can play multiple varsity sports as a sophomore with no problem, other people's sons and daughters can handle multiple APs with little stress.  They don't necessarily need to spend hours on homework, because they "get it", just like some kids in sports don't need private coaching/expensive summer camps/etc because they have that natural ability.   Every child has their strengths and interests --- they might not be yours.

The post about how colleges disregard kids who take 4+ APs a years is ridiculous.  The strongest schools take the kids that take the most challenging classes.  Admission stats show this.  Even anecdotally, I do interviewing for both a large top 25 state school (not UVA) and an ivy, this is one of the main criteria (the out of state applicants are tying to get into the honors program or a merit scholarship)[b].  If I know that at the child's HS the typical for the top students is multiple APs[/b], the applicant is not going to stand a chance unless they are the child of an alum or extraordinary in some other way (rarely sports - that's a different route and handled primarily by coaches). 
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This is why parents want schools they don't stress APs because colleges pit kids from the same school against each other to get into top schools. It creates a cut throat environment. If it is typical for kids to take 4Aps at your school, you better take 5 APs. You are fooling yourself if you think most kids are not stressed in this environment. You are also naive if you don't know that most those kids have tutors and take on toxic stress to get through it. There may be some that aren't but the majority are... And why do they to it because of people like you. Admissions officers have little time to really get to know a student, so they triage, and good kids are dumped... Just because you don't have a good way to measure success.

Now you have thousands of kids taking tons of APs ... Why... To impress you. And guess what many still don't .... They end up in the same college they would have ended up if they took just a few APs with a much better high school experience.

So really the problem is not just the counsellors at top HSs pushing kids into APs for ranking.  YOU are more of a problem with our society today, preying off the fear of kids and parents that if they don't pour money into AP testing they won't appear to be "good enough" .... It pays the bills though, SAT prep, AP exams, .... so who cares if a few kids kill themselves in the process.

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I think your intention is good but very naive about the whole thing... Reminds me of the environmentalists saying if we stop eating meat, we will save the earth!! [/quote]

It actually reminds me of steroids. Most don't want to take steroids but they have to because the other guy does so they have to and since the NFL does not regulate it they are between a rock and a hard place. [/quote]

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