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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Query for anyone with kids in CA high schools.  Are they as crazy about APs as the MD and VA public schools?  Meaning, do students regularly graduate with 10-12 AP classes as is often reported on this board?  [b]I am wondering if the cap on grade bumps in the UC system is resulting in slowing the AP arms race in CA.[/b] [/quote]

Good question. Yes, I think this will be the result. Which confuses me because they also state they want students taking the most rigorous course load. So how can they ask students to take the most rigorous course load and yet cap AP’s at the same time? I believe the cap is new? We will see how it plays out.

My kid is at a public high school in CA. Every school is different. Ours is a “high achieving” school (whatever that means), but also limits AP classes. There are no honors classes for 9th graders except for math. You can only take one AP class as a 10th grader (AP bio).  Juniors and Seniors can take as many as they want, as long as they qualify. [/quote]

We have a similar experience as well. My son is in a CA public school. They don't have any honors/AP courses in the 9th grade. But there is no such restriction from 10th grade onwards. But they limit you to one science and one math course every year. They also have conditional exclusions -- if you take course A, you can't take course B -- to prevent overloading of AP courses. But even with all this, kids manage to do 10-12 AP courses by the time they graduate.

I am personally against such school level restrictions unless they are enforced nationally. These kind of artificial restrictions only disadvantages the kids since colleges look at all of them through the same lens. [/quote]

My kid goes to private.  Her school only offers 2 APs (foreign language).  Otherwise, honors is highest.  You have to test into honors.  You cannot just sign up.[/quote]

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