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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a kid they didn't give bonus points for AP or honors classes. Of course, there were a few kids who ended up fairly high in our class rank that never took a hard class but that was something colleges could sort out. The downside today is it incentivizes everyone to take these classes but not everyone should be in them. Consequently, the courses get dumbed down. I swear this is more of the everyone gets a trophy for showing up cult.[/quote]
A kid who would earn a B in a regular class but a C in an honors class gets the same WGPA points (3), but they are exposed to more rigorous content which is good for them.

No one is taking AP instead of honors for a WGPA boost because there is no difference. AP doesn't get dumbed down. Kids get Bs and Cs in AP when they could have gotten an A in honors.[/quote]

Exactly.  In MCPS, kids that signed up for the AP class took the harder route 100% of the time.  It was not to boost their wGPA.  [/quote]

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