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[quote=Anonymous][quote]A second problem is that kids are hearing "we want to see you take the most challenging courses you can" from the colleges. We did a college tour last spring, and we heard this same message over and over from both the top and 2nd tier schools. [/quote]

This really depends on what you consider a second tier school.  There is a HUGE range of colleges and universities in this country--ranging from Harvard to schools that take 90% of their applicants (literally thousands of undergraduate schools).  For competitive schools, you need a competitive application which means taking challenging classes and doing well in them.  If you take easier classes or have worse grades, you apply to less selective schools. Like, maybe apply to third tier schools if you don't want to put the work in to take the hard classes. In my experience, there is usually a college for everyone.  If you are concerned with getting into a school with "name recognition" then you might need to take APs.  There will always be some kid who is more motivated than yours who doesn't crack under the pressure of 15 APs.  And that's just life, some of us are smarter/better at dealing with pressure/more successful than others.

That being said, most colleges look at applications holistically, so it's probably not as dire as people on this board are making it out to be to not take APs.[/quote]

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