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[quote=Anonymous]Only reason Admissions likes AP is the standardized test, DE doesn't give that to them.

AP is not as rigorous as college Calc. Imagine doing Calc at Caltech and saying it's the same as your HS.  The kids are stressed out about it since the school make sure they are overwhelmed.

DE for anything past Calc BC is at GMU not NOVA and GMU is rigorous;

my math tests(one class) at GMU was from MIT, the prof was new and didn't bother changing the: School Name, the department, or course number. If you work, you can do well on the tests. The difference between GMU and MIT rigor isn't as stark as you'd imagine. The harshness comes from the grading as MIT kids are constantly weeded out while GMU kids are not competing against each other. A GMU kid making an A on the test would likely make an A at MIT, a C student at GMU may get a D at MIT.

My point is AP is for: Admissions makes their life easier and you can't generalize all DE classes inferior towards AP. And you can do your DE classes anywhere really - NOVA makes it easier. [/quote]

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