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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It means AP Physics C not 1 or 2
It means Calculus BC not AB 
It means AP Chem and/or AP Bio not AP Psych or AP Environmental Science
It means both AP Lit and AP Language
It means AP Histories for 3+ years
It means AP Foreign Language 
AP Stats is a nice add on but not in lieu of BC Calc

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The amount of pressure and stress a child would be under completing this kind of workload, at 14-17 years old, is horrible. I am disturbed that parents are allowing the colleges to demand this kind of load on someone who is not actually at the age of a college level class.  We are not buying into this and if our DDs go to a lower ranked college because they only completed 5 APs and all honors, and 2 of those honors were AP Psych and AP Environmental Science, then so be it.  They’ll still have a college degree and in most fields, thar’s what matters.  We are not demanding more of them unless they ask for those other classes.[/quote]

We are encouraging our kids to take it easy too but only because we have the kind of network that allows us to pull strings to get our kids the best internships and entry level jobs. From there, it will be on them. But we can get them in the door at least.

I understand why you'd pursue AP everything and Ivy League or bust if you don't have that network though.

It's disingenuous to pretend to be all holier than thou when you are planning to pull strings for your kid when the time comes.[/quote]

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