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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I can ask the counselor but so far the one question we emailed to them has gone unanswered.

And please don’t feed me the line about what kids can handle. This is about making choices. And some kids will make different choices if they had this information — off of the options of choices they could “handle.”  [/quote]

I don't think you're going to get what you're looking for because there really are so many variations and paths to take starting in 10th grade.  The AP Capstone is not seen as any huge accomplishment unless the kid goes pretty in depth and the extra mile on their own with the research project chosen.  A college counselor told me this.[/quote]

AP Capstone is more than two classes. Just taking AP Seminar and AP Research AND earning at least a "3" on both corresponding AP exams merely gives a student an AP Capstone certification. Doing that plus passing at least 4 other AP exams ("3" or better) in other courses of the student's choosing earns the student an AP diploma.

I don't care what the one college counselor told you, taking AP Seminar and Research is worth it for the student even if they don't score high on the exams and even if colleges don't look at it positively. It's the only substantial research and writing kids get. Even AP Eng courses don't require such in-depth research or full, long papers. Students who take these courses develop better research skills.[/quote]

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