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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids are at UVA and took 8 (plus two DE0 and 9 APs. Their school did not allow an AP in 9th and only one option in 10th so it was heavily towards 11th and 12th that they took more. [/quote]

My TJ kid took 6 AP classes (two in senior year; he did not sit for the test because he was not planning on using the credits in college).  He got admitted to a bunch of colleges including UVA, Michigan, UMD, UIUC and Purdue.. all for CS.  The only "top"  :roll: school he applied to was Stanford where he did not get in and I don't think it was because of a lack of APs.[/quote]

Lol. 6 APs, and 6 post APs?[/quote]

4 post APs.  In the OP's child's case, that's not relevant since her cohort does not have access to post-AP classes.[/quote]

But it is relevant in your kids case. Your post is a bit misleading. It creates an impression that you can be competitive for UVA, Umich, UIUC etc with just 6 APs. Not everyone knows that TJ offers a bunch of very tough post AP courses. I bet your kid would not have a chance without taking those or whatever other activities they have that compensated for their relatively low number of APs[/quote]

Of course it is relevant in my kid's case.  *Everyone* around here knows exactly what TJ is about and the post-APs available there.  Also, pretty much every kid at TJ takes post-AP courses.  Again, If I was advising a TJ parent, those details are relevant.  Not so for a non-TJ parent. This is not a brag-fest. In my DC's case, the "compensation" you talk about was through post-APs and a few activities.  In OP's case, it will likely be EC activities which I'm sure the private counselor advised them on.

In addition, OP's kid has an obvious issue with the SAT score, which def. can be improved with some effort.

Not knowing [/quote]

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