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[quote=Anonymous]"Honors" used to mean advanced, at least to some degree.  When we attended middle school open houses this year, we were told that ALL students are placed in honors classes, except for a few on an advanced math track who would do Algebra I in 7th grade and Geometry in 8th grade.  "Regular" classes are treated as remedial now.  AP classes are usually more advanced than Honors, but are only offered at the high school level.  Most selective universities do not give college credit for all the APs that are offered in high school, but they are helpful to get a higher class ranking IF you can get an A due to "quality points" that give extra rank credit for taking more challenging classes.

For example, AP U.S. History is usually really tough, and even when I was in school, lots of kids would drop to honors level to keep their GPA up.  Then again, when I was a student in Baltimore County, there were 5 levels of classes, even in middle school:  Gifted and Talented (G&T)/AP, honors, standard, basic, and special education, and we got challenged to different levels.  This "everyone's an honors student" thing MoCo does is silly.[/quote]

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