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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A C should never be considered acceptable for college applicants but a C in an AP class is better than a C in a non-AP class.  But this is one of the problems with kids pushing into classes where they struggle.  And parents often do the pushing, though I don't have any reason to think that is what occurred here but I think the message kids should get is that when they are in these advanced classes they need to kick ass, otherwise, a college may just assume the student was in a class where she did not belong. [/quote]

The reason I "push" my son into these classes is that I [b]know[/b] he can do the work, as do his teachers (including the one who recommended him, along with just a handful of others) to take an AP class as a freshman. (Without this rec, I never would have sought an AP class for a freshman; honestly the notion that a 14 year old can do so-called college-level work is silly.) Of course, just because he [b] can[/b] do the work (as evidenced by his score of 4 on the AP exam as a freshman) doesn't mean he always does (as evidenced by his grade of a C one quarter, thoroughly earned through slacking off). I would rather have him engaged in demanding, absorbing work and earning Bs than have him skate thru high school in easier courses. I care more about what he is learning (including from his peers in higher level classes) than what his grades are. OTOH, when we know the work would be a genuine struggle for him we take a different approach. It is unlikely that my son will be taking AP chem or calculus, for example.[/quote]

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