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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school kid - no AP classes on transcript.

- Has a high SAT (1550) 
- GPA that's a little lower (top 25% of strong class, where top 20% go to HYP).

The counselor says 4s are great and send them to all. I'm wary about this new 25-yo counselor anyway, I admit, but I think they should only go to targets and safeties. I think 4s back up the GPA and make the SAT look like a fluke/super prepped. To her credit, I am seeing people online also sayings 4s should go everywhere.

what says DCUM?

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Public school kids do better on AP tests since their class curriculum mirrors the college board AP test and is built for the test. Private schools put their own spin, go deeper in some topics and skip others so AP scores tend to not be optimized. Top colleges know this and will regard 4's as fine.

That said, AP test scores are only a good test for how much they understood the College Board's AP curriculum - not their IQ or intelligence - so if in private school, I wouldn't bother sending.

Our DD is at one of the Philips schools (private boarding) and my kid is only considering taking AP test in senior year to get past a language requirement for college. Our CCs say they are not necessary to take as our most advanced curriculum differs from standard of college board so AP tests are not optimized for our school's version of advanced literature, math, history, etc.[/quote]

Don't colleges have placement tests for languages that will place them out of the requirement, rather than relying on an AP test?[/quote]

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