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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why you would want your kids in APUSH in 9th. AP NSL is easier, and you have to take it eventually anyway.[/quote]

That is why I said at Churchill HS.  No choice.  Their system is reverse from all the other schools in MCPS that I know of.[/quote]
[b]N[/b][b]ot true. My kid is in 9th grade at Churchill. At the beginning of school year, th[b]e counselors told the freshmen parents that they did not recommend freshmen to take APUSH [/b]or other APs. There is honor US history and some students switched to that[/b]. My kid stayed at APUSH because his friends are staying. It is the most time consuming class so far, and grading is tough too.[/quote]

If they said that kids should really think about whether they are ready for AP classes, then it is good advice.  But if they literally said what is in bold (they don't recommended APUSH), it is strange advice.  When kids are seniors applying to college, not only will kids with APUSH have a (small) advantage over kids who didn't take it naturally in the eyes of admissions officers, but my understanding is that the counselors, themselves, tout this as the 'most advanced curriculum' and thus use it as a selling point promoting kids in their recommendation letters. (I spoke to parents of seniors who said they had no idea it would be important when they had their kid register for Honors level but they found out it was a limitation for them.)  Either there is a disconnect between what the counseling staff is telling freshmen vs seniors, or there was more nuance to the advice they were giving.  [/quote]

This was our experience at Churchill also. DS took Honors US History in 9th and then AP NSL in 10th. That was what the majority of kids in his class did. A smaller number took the AP history class, but I would only have my child do it if you think they can handle the rigor in 9th grade. [/quote]

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