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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do.

I'm your classic Type A over-achiever, but I'm older than the AP craze. I took one AP senior year at my private HS.

I enjoyed HS. I was well equipped to succeed in college and law school. Candidly, my private HS was more challenging than law school (and I went to a tier I law school).

Why can't we just let kids be kids and enjoy HS? Is the stress really worth it? I don't believe it is. I wish we could launch a mutiny and dial it down a notch.

I would much rather see APs replaced with seminars dedicated to critical thinking, creative problem-solving, public service, international affairs, etc. [/quote]

same college admittance game with or without APs. must be better or better differentiated than other kids in your school or area applying to same colleges you are.

until parents and kids don't care what tier college or type of college they go to, there will be stress. sure, you can tune it out and kumbaya it in HS. but at the end of the day you're going to have to compete  to be admitted to a strong program. and competing is usually a relative game, though there are some major boosts nowadays for first gen college admits, dreamers, minority programs.[/quote]

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