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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. All AP classes were easy for my kid. Got all 5s. Well balanced course load. [/quote]

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Easy because you forced your kid to prep for hours over the summer.  Sure, my kid could get 5 and have an “easier” year if he started studying over the summer and bought a study guide too.  But I’m not a tiger mom so my kid is doing just fine doing what is expected in class but I would not describe all APs as universally “easy.”  OP, we are still in the middle of it (junior year) and my kid finds psych more work than expected but interesting.  The core classes (calc, physics, Lang) are about what he expected.[/quote]

Nope, no need for me to force my kid to prep. He likes to do well in school and in ECs and is super organized.  I am not a Tiger mom but my kid is surely a Tiger kid.  Sour grapes? [/quote]

Nope.  My kid is on track to have 13 APs and has a 4.0 so we are all good over here, but thanks.  But I can still be honest and say to OP that all APs are not easy and my DS is definitely working harder this year than prior years to get good grades.  And he is actually finding several of the classes interesting and engaging, not just rote teaching to the test as other PPs have suggested.  As with everything, it very much depends on your kid and the individual teachers, but we have had a good experience so far.[/quote]

My kid is also on track to graduate with 13 APs, including at least one in each of the 5 core subjects. I agree the classes are not universally easy (in particular ap psychology has been a lot harder for my kid than anticipated- he finds it tougher than bc calculus). I also agree, though, that some classes are rote and many “teach to the test” rather than being engaging, college level classes. On the whole we are still glad he has taken so many because one constant is that the peer mix in the classes is more focused and motivated. [/quote]

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